WHEN the Exxon Valdez ran aground in 1989 and dumped its oily cargo into Alaskan waters, it killed hordes of beautiful creatures and cost billions to clean up.

1989年，埃克森·瓦尔迪兹号油轮触礁搁浅(注2)，所载原油倾泄于阿拉斯加水域，致使大量美丽生物死亡，其后清理工作耗资数十亿美元。

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But what we really need is big, new ideas: new ways to distribute and store energy for electric power, new ways to conserve and distribute clean water for farming and gulping, and new ways get ourselves and our cargo around, so that we don't change the Earth's climates too much as we burn our fossil fuels.

CNN: 'The Science Guy' says: 'Save the Earth'