Second, we can use wind power forever.
第二，我们可以永远使用风能。
A lot of people don't understand wind power very well.
很多人不太了解风能。
Also, wind power is cheap, and it's getting even cheaper.
此外，风能很便宜，而且越来越便宜。
A lot of people think that wind power is new, but that's not true.
很多人认为风能是一种新能源，但事实并非如此。
Unlike wind power, there are unlikely to be environmental objections.
与风能不同的是，不太可能出现环境方面的反对意见。
The technology is in place for a major expansion of wind power worldwide.
这项技术将在全球范围内大规模推广风力发电。
Another great advantage of wind power is that it is a clean form of energy.
风能的另一个巨大优势是，它是一种清洁能源。
Some have been working on ways to join solar panels and wind power together.
有些科学家一直在研究将太阳能电池板和风能结合在一起的方法。
Also, wind doesn't blow all the time, so we can't use wind power all the time.
还有，风不是一直在吹，所以我们不能一直使用风能。
That's energy in all forms—oil, gas, coal, nuclear, solar and even wind power.
那是各种形式的能源——石油、天然气、煤炭、核能、太阳能，乃至风能。
In a recent speech in Iowa, he dismissed wind power as an unreliable energy source.
最近在爱荷华州的一次演讲中，他将风力发电视为一种不可靠的能源。
We still do those things today, but these days we mostly use wind power to make electricity.
今天我们仍然在做这些事情，但现在我们主要使用风力发电。
They believe that there are problems with wind power, but many of those problems are not real.
他们认为风能存在一些问题，但其中又有许多问题并不是真的存在。
With new technological advances and mass production, projected cost declines should make wind power one of the world's cheapest ways to produce electricity.
随着新的技术进步和大规模生产，预计成本的下降将使风力发电成为世界上最便宜的发电方式之一。
Myth 2: wind power is too unreliable.
谬论二：风力太不可靠。
Use of wind power is on the rise, Sawyer said.
索耶说，风能正得到日益广泛的应用。
Mills used to depend on wind power or water power.
磨坊过去依赖风力或水力操作。
Engineers say that scale is the key to wind power.
工程师们说规模是风电的关键。
tax breaks and loans for solar and wind power firms;
为太阳能和风能公司减税和贷款；
The use of wind power continues to soar around the world.
世界上风能的使用正在快速增长。
Solar, geothermal and wind power can make modest contributions.
太阳能、地热和风能所起得作用有限。
It is estimated that 30% of last year's wind power supply went unused.
据估计，去年有30%的风电没有得到利用。
At the end of 2008, Africa's installed wind power capacity was only 593mw.
在2008年底，非洲已有的风力发电产能只有59.3万千瓦。
Yet currently we generate only 0.02 TW of wind power and 0.008 TW of solar.
目前我们只生产了0.02太瓦的风能和0.008太瓦的太阳能。
But the intermittent nature of wind power can cause just that sort of variability.
然而，正是风力的间断性导致了这种波动。
But the intermittent nature of wind power can cause just that sort of variability.
然而，正是风力的间断性导致了这种波动。
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