尽管这些措施有助于当地能源供应的增加，但他们却应付不了另外的挑战。

While such moves help extend local energy supplies, they can't help in another challenge.

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咨询当地能源公司，是否提供绿色能源，如果他们不提供，询问原因。

Call your power company to see if they offer green energy, if they don't, ask them why not.

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其他研究表明，仅仅提供设备让人们将自己的能源使用与当地平均水平进行比较，就足以让他们改变自己的行为。

Other studies show that simply providing the facility for people to compare their energy use with the local average is enough to cause them to modify their behaviour.

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And if that's the case, why in the world would--can we justify all that shipping, all the excess energy to taste, to ship water in from France, rather then just buying something local or drinking water out of the tap?

既然如此,为什么还会有世界范围的进出口呢,为什么还要浪费能源,从法国进口呢,而不是买当地的品牌,或是直接喝水龙头里的水呢

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