The second problem with Hansen's prospective coal ban: scale.

汉森预想的禁煤令还有第二个问题：改变的规模。

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"Nuclear is an essential alternative" to coal, he said. "it's the only one that can provide the same quality of electricity at a similar scale in the medium and long term."

他说，“核能是煤炭的重要替代物，它是中长期内唯一能够在近似规模提供同等质量的电力的新能源。”

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Cleaning coal of its greenhouse gas byproduct is a widely discussed idea but at this point unavailable at a commercial scale.

清除煤燃烧时释放的温室气体早就成为人们谈论的话题，但是直到目前为止还无法达到商业规模。

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Ohio-based American Electric Power, the largest consumer of coal in the U.S., is trying to build the country's first super-efficient commercial-scale coal gasification plant.

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And some additional, much less happy news from Australia, as Unesco and environmentalists warn that climate change and large-scale coal mining may lead to the wholesale destruction of the Great Barrier Reef.

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But although a number of other firms will soon join the race with pilot projects, no full-scale CCS coal plant has yet been commissioned.

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