TED演讲:石油真正的代价(6)

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In Fort Chippewa, the 800 people there,  奇普怀恩堡有800位居民，

are finding toxins² in the food chain,  食物链中含有毒性物质，

this has been scientifically proven.  已经科学证实。

The tar³ sands toxins are in the food chain,  食物链中含有沥青砂这种毒性物质，

and this is causing cancer rates up to 10 times what they are in the rest of Canada.  导致当地癌症发病率比加拿大其他地区高十倍。

In spite of that, people have to live,  尽管如此，人们需要生存，

have to eat this food in order to survive.  需仰赖食物维生。

The incredibly high price f flying food into these remote Northern Aboriginal communities and the high rate of unemployment makes this an absolute necessity for survival.  空运到这片遥远北方原住民小区的天价食物和当地的高失业率使当地物产成了赖以为生的必需品。

And not that many years ago, I was lent a boat by a First Nations man.  几年前，我向原住民借了一条船。

And he said, When you go out on the river,  他说，当你沿河航行时，

do not under any circumstances eat the fish.  千万别吃鱼。

It's carcinogenic.  那是致癌物。

And yet, on the front porch of that man's cabin,  然而，在那名男子家门口，

I saw four fish. He had to feed his family to survive.  我看见四条鱼，他必须藉此养家糊口。

And as a parent, I just can't imagine what that does to your soul.  身为父母的我，无法想象这对心灵的影响。

And that's what we're doing.  这正是我们目前所做的事。

The boreal forest is also perhaps our best defense⁴ against global warming and climate change.  北方森林或许亦是对抗全球暖化及气候变迁的最佳防线。

The boreal forest sequesters⁵ more carbon than any other terrestrial ecosystem⁶.  北方森林吸收的排碳量胜于任何现存的生态系统。

And this is absolutely key.  无疑是十分重要的生态环境。

So what we're doing is,  但我们所做的是，

we're taking the most concentrated greenhouse gas sink,  将温室气体吸收率最大的环境，

twice as much greenhouse gases are sequestered⁷ in the boreal per acre than the tropical rainforests. 每英亩北方森林吸收的温室气体比热带雨林多两倍。

And what we're doing is we're destroying this carbon sink, turning it into a carbon bomb.  我们所做的是，摧毁这个碳汇，将它转变成碳弹。

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