At northern mid-summer, methane is released at a rate comparable to that of the massive hydrocarbon seep at Coal Oil Point in Santa Barbara, Calif.

在北方的夏天中间时候，甲烷的释放速度可以同加州圣巴巴拉煤油点大量碳氢化合物的渗出相比。

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When I point out that their new coal plants require that they convince Russia to leave its oil in the ground, they are silent.

当我提出，若建立煤火力发电厂就必须要说服俄罗斯放弃开采石油时，他们沉默不语。

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If we don't quit using coal, oil, and natural gas soon, then as early as 2055 or as late as 2088, we won't have any power. We will have passed a point of no-return.

如果我们继续使用煤炭、石油、天然气等化石燃料， 那么等到2055年，最晚2088年，我们将没有能源可用，到那个时候就没有任何可回转的余地了。

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Coal and gas are still way bigger than oil or nukes in our grid, but my point is really just that an exponential curve can catch up with a linear one in a surprising way. 14% doubling every few years means we could be only a decade away from 100% clean energy.

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Nigerians from elsewhere point out that the oil industry was originally devloped with money earned from groundnuts from the north, coal from the east, tin from the middle belt and cocoa from the west.

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