Our society depends on them being able to make critical decisions about their own medical treatment, say, or what we must do about global energy needs and demands.

我们的社会依赖能对自己的医疗作出关键性决定的人，或者说，对关于全球能源需求我们必须做的事情作出关键性决定的人。

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Our society depends on them being able to make critical decisions, about their own medical treatment, say, or what we must do about global energy needs and demands.

我们的社会依赖于他们能够做出关键的决定，比如说关于他们自己的医疗，或者我们必须对全球能源需求做些什么。

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According to the IRENA (the International Renewable Energy Agency) , by just using 2% of our coastlines, we can produce 4,383 TWh of ocean power each year, enough to meet 4% of the world's electricity needs.

根据国际可再生能源机构（IRENA）的数据，我们只需利用2%的海岸线，就能每年生产4383太瓦时的海洋电力，足以满足全世界4%的电力需求。

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In the meantime, though, unfortunately, no matter how fast we ramp up those energy sources, we're still going to have enormous energy needs that will be unmet by alternative energy.

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Until the day when the world can supply its colossal energy needs with 100% renewable energy, we need to decarbonise existing fossil-fuel power production, and CCS is a vital part of the carbon abatement strategy.

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Furthermore, to expand our mission to broadly address the unmet needs of energy poverty, we rebranded as Lifeline Energy, no longer aligned to any third party company or brand.

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