They concluded that if put to use they might lock up carbon dioxide for $40 a tonne—which seems almost embarrassingly cheap, and which, as a preliminary figure, Mr Kruger is keen not to hype.

他们得出的结论是如果计划得到实施，那么吸收1吨二氧化碳的费用为40美元---这一数字听起来便宜得有些让人尴尬，而作为初步价格，Kruger博士并不准备对外宣扬。

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For the specific use case we figure out the problem, write the use case, analyse it to figure out what we need to be thinking about, and do some preliminary design.

对于具体的用例，我们弄清问题、撰写用例、分析找出我们需要考虑的内容，并且做一些初步的设计。

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