While fossil fuels—coal, oil, gas—still generate roughly 85 percent of the world's energy supply, it's clearer than ever that future belongs to renewable sources such as wind and solar.

虽然化石燃料——煤炭、石油、天然气——仍占世界能源供应的大约85%，但比以往任何时候都更清楚的是，未来属于可再生能源，如风能和太阳能。

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They will not, in the foreseeable future, operate on a scale that can foster a rapid transition away from fossil fuels or provide energy services to billions of new consumers.

在可预见的未来，他们也不会形成规模，不能促进能源从化石燃料的快速转型，也不能够向几十亿新消费者提供能源服务。

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Hydrogen vehicles are the future and provide one of the ways to stop using fossil fuels.

氢燃料汽车是未来的发展趋势，它是停止使用矿物燃料的方法之一。

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As much as we would all like to move the economy toward renewables, the fact remains, our economy is dependent upon the continues availability of fossil fuels for the foreseeable future.

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The fact of the matter is that, for the foreseeable future, opposing fossil fuels is equivalent to opposing energy use.

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