For example, domestic consumption could be cut by the large-scale employment of smart meters in houses and flats.
例如,居民房屋和公寓内的智能电表业的大量就业机会将降低国内消耗量。
The smart grid, however, should not be confined to pilots. But the problem is figuring out how to scale up.
但智能电网不应只止步于有几个先行者,问题是如何使之规模化。
Right now there are countless smart new ways to get energy that won't destroy the Earth, but they're not price competitive with cheap fossil fuel power because they lack economic scale.
现在并不缺少在保护地球同时又可以获得能源的好方法,但是由于资金缺乏,它们的价格与廉价的化石燃料相比没有什么竞争力。
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