石油和天然气公司投资建设将垃圾转化为清洁燃料的垃圾填埋场 | 口语小本本spoken.cc

[00:00.00]This mountain of garbage here in Fort Wayne 
[00:02.33]Indiana, might actually be a gold mine.
[00:04.79]Did you ever think that garbage 
[00:06.58]could be this valuable? - No, I did not.
[00:08.40]That's because here in this landfill owned 
[00:11.24]by Republic Services, they're 
[00:12.73]turning trash into natural gas. 
[00:15.30]How much energy does a place like this 
[00:17.98]produce? - Yeah, so a place like this 
[00:19.76]it can make the equivalent of about 790 
[00:22.27]barrels of oil per day. - Per day. - Per day. 
[00:25.70]Right now, I'm standing on top of 30 
[00:27.18]million tons of trash, and as we speak, 
[00:30.25]millions of microbes are beneath me 
[00:32.13]feeding on it, creating gas.
[00:33.62]That gas then gets filtered through 
[00:35.82]equipment like this, removing the things 
[00:37.79]that we don't need and keeping 
[00:39.20]the methane, which is used for energy. 
[00:41.67]It's a clean fuel source the people can use 
[00:44.10]to for transportation or to power their 
[00:46.50]homes. - So the gas that 
[00:47.89]comes out of here, I could actually boil 
[00:49.92]a pot of water on my stove. - Absolutely.
[00:52.74]What about critics who say how could you 
[00:54.77]possibly be good for the environment with 
[00:56.37]this much equipment and what it takes to 
[00:58.40]run something like this? 
[00:59.14]Yeah, no, I understand it. Know basically 
[01:01.40]if you look at BP's track record, in 2019 
[01:04.31]we were spending 3% of 
[01:06.26]our capital on clean energy. 
[01:07.88]In 2023, we were spending 23% of our 
[01:11.42]investment on these kind of businesses. 
[01:13.26]So the transition will take time, but that 
[01:15.99]is the direction we're headed in.
[01:17.51]Archaea' parent company BP acquired it 
[01:20.10]for more than $4 billion in 2022 
[01:22.52]and now owns dozens of sites like these. 
[01:24.69]And they're not alone, across the country, 
[01:27.56]there are now more than 80 similar projects 
[01:29.66]operational right now, with another 450 
[01:32.51]landfills flagged as potential sites. 
[01:34.87]But the fact of the matter is we have a 
[01:36.71]lot of landfills in the country right now 
[01:38.44]where waste is in place, and we ought to be 
[01:41.55]harvesting the methane that is being 
[01:44.40]used there and using it for energy.
[01:46.90]And with landfills producing the third 
[01:48.28]largest source of methane in the US, 
[01:50.18]it's also a potential climate solution. 
[01:52.57]One the outgoing Biden Administration 
[01:55.00]encouraged with more than 27 billion 
[01:57.72]in federal tax incentives 
[01:59.71]for greener energy already available. 
[02:02.16]Is this profitable? - It is profitable, 
[02:04.83]absolutely. - A new direction toward a 
[02:08.12]greener, cleaner planet. Morgan Radford, 
[02:11.45]NBC News, Fort Wayne, Indiana.

石油和天然气公司投资建设将垃圾转化为清洁燃料的垃圾填埋场

Oil and gas companies investing in landfills that turn trash into clean fuel

Oil and gas companies are investing billions of dollars into landfills, hoping to turn two of their biggest problems -- food waste and methane -- into a new kind of energy solution. NBC News' Morgan Radford sees how one of these landfills works.
石油和天然气公司正在向垃圾填埋场投入数十亿美元，希望将它们面临的两大难题——食物垃圾和甲烷——转化为一种新型能源解决方案。NBC新闻频道的摩根·拉德福德探访了一处这样的垃圾填埋场，了解其运作方式。
2025.1.18 NBC News

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[1] This mountain of garbage here in Fort Wayne Indiana, might actually be a gold mine. - Did you ever think that garbage could be this valuable? - No, I did not.

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印第安纳州韦恩堡这里的这座垃圾山，实际上可能是一座金矿。- 你有没有想过垃圾能这么值钱？- 没有，我没想到。

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[2] That's because here in this landfill owned by Republic Services, they're turning trash into natural gas.

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这是因为在这个由共和服务公司所有的垃圾填埋场，他们正在将垃圾转化为天然气。

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[3] How much energy does a place like this produce? - Yeah, so a place like this it can make the equivalent of about 790 barrels of oil per day. - Per day. - Per day.

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像这样的地方每天能产生多少能源？- 是的，像这样的地方每天能产生相当于约790桶石油的能源。- 每天？- 每天。

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[4] Right now, I'm standing on top of 30 million tons of trash, and as we speak, millions of microbes are beneath me feeding on it, creating gas.

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此刻，我正站在3000万吨垃圾的顶端，而就在我们说话的这会儿，数以百万计的微生物正在我脚下分解这些垃圾，产生气体。

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[5] That gas then gets filtered through equipment like this, removing the things that we don't need and keeping the methane, which is used for energy.

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然后，这种气体通过像这样的设备进行过滤，去除不需要的东西，留下甲烷，用于提供能源。

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[6] It's a clean fuel source the people can use to for transportation or to power their homes. - So the gas that comes out of here, I could actually boil a pot of water on my stove. - Absolutely.

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这是一种清洁的燃料来源，人们可以用它来运输或为家庭供电。- 所以从这里出来的气体，我实际上可以在炉灶上用它来烧一壶水。- 没错。

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[7] What about critics who say how could you possibly be good for the environment with this much equipment and what it takes to run something like this?

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对于那些批评者，他们说像这样拥有这么多设备，还要维持这样的运作，怎么可能对环境有益呢？

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[8] Yeah, no, I understand it. Know basically if you look at BP's track record, in 2019 we were spending 3% of our capital on clean energy.

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是的，没错，我明白。要知道，如果看看英国石油公司BP的过往记录，2019年我们在清洁能源方面的投入仅占资本支出的3%。

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[9] In 2023, we were spending 23% of our investment on these kind of businesses. So the transition will take time, but that is the direction we're headed in.

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而到了2023年，我们在这类业务上的投资占比已达到23%。所以转型需要时间，但这就是我们前进的方向。

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[10] Archaea' parent company BP acquired it for more than $4 billion in 2022 and now owns dozens of sites like these.

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Archaea能源的母公司英国石油公司BP于2022年以超过40亿美元的价格收购了它，如今拥有数十个类似的场所。

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[11] And they're not alone, across the country, there are now more than 80 similar projects operational right now, with another 450 landfills flagged as potential sites.

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而且他们并非孤例，在全国范围内，目前有80多个类似的项目正在运营，另有450处垃圾填埋场被列为潜在选址。

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[12] But the fact of the matter is we have a lot of landfills in the country right now where waste is in place, and we ought to be harvesting the methane that is being used there and using it for energy.

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但实际情况是，我国目前有很多垃圾填埋场，里面堆满了垃圾，我们应当收集这些地方产生的甲烷，并将其用于能源。

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[13] And with landfills producing the third largest source of methane in the US, it's also a potential climate solution.

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而且由于垃圾填埋场是美国第三大甲烷排放源，这（甲烷收集利用）也是一种潜在的气候解决方案。

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[14] One the outgoing Biden Administration encouraged with more than 27 billion in federal tax incentives for greener energy already available.

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即将卸任的拜登政府已通过超过270亿美元的联邦税收激励措施来鼓励更环保的能源。

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[15] Is this profitable? - It is profitable, absolutely. - A new direction toward a greener, cleaner planet. Morgan Radford, NBC News, Fort Wayne, Indiana.

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这有利可图吗？- 绝对有利可图。- 迈向更绿色、更清洁地球的新方向。摩根·拉德福德，NBC新闻，印第安纳州韦恩堡。

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印第安纳州韦恩堡这里的这座垃圾山，实际上可能是一座金矿。- 你有没有想过垃圾能这么值钱？- 没有，我没想到。

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[1] This mountain of garbage here in Fort Wayne Indiana, might actually be a gold mine. - Did you ever think that garbage could be this valuable? - No, I did not.

2

这是因为在这个由共和服务公司所有的垃圾填埋场，他们正在将垃圾转化为天然气。

显示原文▼

[2] That's because here in this landfill owned by Republic Services, they're turning trash into natural gas.

3

像这样的地方每天能产生多少能源？- 是的，像这样的地方每天能产生相当于约790桶石油的能源。- 每天？- 每天。

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[3] How much energy does a place like this produce? - Yeah, so a place like this it can make the equivalent of about 790 barrels of oil per day. - Per day. - Per day.

4

此刻，我正站在3000万吨垃圾的顶端，而就在我们说话的这会儿，数以百万计的微生物正在我脚下分解这些垃圾，产生气体。

显示原文▼

[4] Right now, I'm standing on top of 30 million tons of trash, and as we speak, millions of microbes are beneath me feeding on it, creating gas.

5

然后，这种气体通过像这样的设备进行过滤，去除不需要的东西，留下甲烷，用于提供能源。

显示原文▼

[5] That gas then gets filtered through equipment like this, removing the things that we don't need and keeping the methane, which is used for energy.

6

这是一种清洁的燃料来源，人们可以用它来运输或为家庭供电。- 所以从这里出来的气体，我实际上可以在炉灶上用它来烧一壶水。- 没错。

显示原文▼

[6] It's a clean fuel source the people can use to for transportation or to power their homes. - So the gas that comes out of here, I could actually boil a pot of water on my stove. - Absolutely.

7

对于那些批评者，他们说像这样拥有这么多设备，还要维持这样的运作，怎么可能对环境有益呢？

显示原文▼

[7] What about critics who say how could you possibly be good for the environment with this much equipment and what it takes to run something like this?

8

是的，没错，我明白。要知道，如果看看英国石油公司BP的过往记录，2019年我们在清洁能源方面的投入仅占资本支出的3%。

显示原文▼

[8] Yeah, no, I understand it. Know basically if you look at BP's track record, in 2019 we were spending 3% of our capital on clean energy.

9

而到了2023年，我们在这类业务上的投资占比已达到23%。所以转型需要时间，但这就是我们前进的方向。

显示原文▼

[9] In 2023, we were spending 23% of our investment on these kind of businesses. So the transition will take time, but that is the direction we're headed in.

10

Archaea能源的母公司英国石油公司BP于2022年以超过40亿美元的价格收购了它，如今拥有数十个类似的场所。

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[10] Archaea' parent company BP acquired it for more than $4 billion in 2022 and now owns dozens of sites like these.

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而且他们并非孤例，在全国范围内，目前有80多个类似的项目正在运营，另有450处垃圾填埋场被列为潜在选址。

显示原文▼

[11] And they're not alone, across the country, there are now more than 80 similar projects operational right now, with another 450 landfills flagged as potential sites.

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但实际情况是，我国目前有很多垃圾填埋场，里面堆满了垃圾，我们应当收集这些地方产生的甲烷，并将其用于能源。

显示原文▼

[12] But the fact of the matter is we have a lot of landfills in the country right now where waste is in place, and we ought to be harvesting the methane that is being used there and using it for energy.

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而且由于垃圾填埋场是美国第三大甲烷排放源，这（甲烷收集利用）也是一种潜在的气候解决方案。

显示原文▼

[13] And with landfills producing the third largest source of methane in the US, it's also a potential climate solution.

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即将卸任的拜登政府已通过超过270亿美元的联邦税收激励措施来鼓励更环保的能源。

显示原文▼

[14] One the outgoing Biden Administration encouraged with more than 27 billion in federal tax incentives for greener energy already available.

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这有利可图吗？- 绝对有利可图。- 迈向更绿色、更清洁地球的新方向。摩根·拉德福德，NBC新闻，印第安纳州韦恩堡。

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[15] Is this profitable? - It is profitable, absolutely. - A new direction toward a greener, cleaner planet. Morgan Radford, NBC News, Fort Wayne, Indiana.

1

[1] This mountain of garbage here in Fort Wayne Indiana, might actually be a gold mine. - Did you ever think that garbage could be this valuable? - No, I did not.
2

[2] That's because here in this landfill owned by Republic Services, they're turning trash into natural gas.
3

[3] How much energy does a place like this produce? - Yeah, so a place like this it can make the equivalent of about 790 barrels of oil per day. - Per day. - Per day.
4

[4] Right now, I'm standing on top of 30 million tons of trash, and as we speak, millions of microbes are beneath me feeding on it, creating gas.
5

[5] That gas then gets filtered through equipment like this, removing the things that we don't need and keeping the methane, which is used for energy.
6

[6] It's a clean fuel source the people can use to for transportation or to power their homes. - So the gas that comes out of here, I could actually boil a pot of water on my stove. - Absolutely.
7

[7] What about critics who say how could you possibly be good for the environment with this much equipment and what it takes to run something like this?
8

[8] Yeah, no, I understand it. Know basically if you look at BP's track record, in 2019 we were spending 3% of our capital on clean energy.
9

[9] In 2023, we were spending 23% of our investment on these kind of businesses. So the transition will take time, but that is the direction we're headed in.
10

[10] Archaea' parent company BP acquired it for more than $4 billion in 2022 and now owns dozens of sites like these.
11

[11] And they're not alone, across the country, there are now more than 80 similar projects operational right now, with another 450 landfills flagged as potential sites.
12

[12] But the fact of the matter is we have a lot of landfills in the country right now where waste is in place, and we ought to be harvesting the methane that is being used there and using it for energy.
13

[13] And with landfills producing the third largest source of methane in the US, it's also a potential climate solution.
14

[14] One the outgoing Biden Administration encouraged with more than 27 billion in federal tax incentives for greener energy already available.
15

[15] Is this profitable? - It is profitable, absolutely. - A new direction toward a greener, cleaner planet. Morgan Radford, NBC News, Fort Wayne, Indiana.