有研究表明由于新西兰有着清洁的能源和肥沃的牧场，那里的羊卖到英国，尽管经过长途运输，碳足迹还是比英国本地羊要低。

One study suggested that lamb from New Zealand, with its clean energy and rich pastures, has a lower footprint when consumed in the UK than locally produced lamb, despite the long-distance shipping.

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碳税将会被期望显著增加本地的能源税率。

The carbon tax would be coupled with expected dramatic increases in the county's energy tax rate.

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在科罗拉多州的博尔德就能发现关于智能电网的例证：本地电力机构Xcel能源公司的顾客越来越愤怒起来，因为他们需要向该公司支付大多数项目的成本费。

In Boulder, Colorado, the showcase for smart grids, customers of Xcel Energy, the local utility, are becoming increasingly cross because they will have to pay much of the project's costs.

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