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Fact 1:The primary ingredient of most solar panels is purified sand.
真相1:大部分太阳能聚光板的主要原料都是纯化过的沙砾L[+M&0hRfu^Sy8GT6tD。
Fact 2:Enough sunlight hits the Earth in an hour to provide all of humanity's energy needs for a year.
真相2:充分照射地球一小时的太阳能总量足够人类们一年所需(fJ|2ki6qmEEv。
So why isn't solar power cheap and abundant?
为什么这些便宜的太阳能不能为我们所用呢？
For starters, building a device capable of turning incoming photons into electricity isn't cheap.
就启动装置而言，建造能吸收光子能量转变为电能的设备并不便宜tI_P|bKua^g8D4ZdX76*。
Add in installation and the cost of a solar system can still be more than $10 per watt of electricity produced.
而且将现有设备改进增加这类装置以及包括购买的这个普通的太阳能收集转换系统后也的用电花费也会超过每度电10美金WQIO2E&STyv~。
That's much higher than the cost per watt from burning coal or natural gas.
显然这个价格比燃烧煤炭和天然气的花费高很多K!K)%ab!P(|HjhoQB.。

It's going to take further technological breakthroughs to make photovoltaics cheaper.
而为了使光伏发电成本降低，还需要进一步技术上的重大革新Xaf6tRZQRqAy。
That’s the conclusion of a report from Lux Research, a firm that advises emerging technologies.
这是主攻新兴科技及产品的Lux研究公司一项研究报告所得出的结论b)nrTKvm@z1bTmax9。
New developments could include growing pure silicon wafers rather than sawing them from long ingots; or even fundamental shifts in the physics employed, like using so-called black silicon or quantum dots.
新的发展方向应该包括生成纯硅晶片而不是重塑形状或甚至改变它们已生成的原始物理基本特征，比如采用被称为黑色硅晶或量子态颗粒**l5jybo_m@u-TBSc。
Of course, if all energy sources paid their full price, solar would be more competitive.
当然，如果综合计算所有的现有人类可用能源，太阳能还是比较有竞争力的.FQgloDLm3D=Oo]G]。
After all, making solar panels doesn't result in nearly as much mercury, CO2 and other pollution as spewed by coal-fired power plants.
毕竟，制造一块太阳能聚光板并不会造成燃煤火力发电工厂向周围环境中喷射水银，二氧化碳温室气体和其它污染物那样的严重后果4R^bV5Fneu[n,SMS,Meq。
If the health and environmental costs of coal or natural gas were included in their prices, suddenly solar might look a whole lot cheaper.
如果煤炭或天然气所带来的健康和环境消费也被算入成本的话，你会突然发现太阳能真的非常便宜fj5*=aZ9])。
词语解释

1.turn into 变成；成为

The fighting is threatening to turn into full-scale war.
这场战斗有可能会演变为全面的战争VU7s5diipLqpu#s。

We think he'll turn into a top-class player.
我们认为他会成为一流的选手~Qg@7|&^3nnl|~7nU。

2.natural gas 天然气

Today, oil and natural gas have replaced coal and wood in most areas.
如今在大部分地区，燃油和天然气已经取代了煤炭和木头&x!zW0ZjhTVed。

A consortium plans to build a natural-gas pipeline from Russia to supply eastern Germany.
一家财团计划建造一条从俄罗斯向德国东部输送天然气的管道NVFt%IsY9|p。

3.rather than 而不；不是；宁可

Circumstances dictated that they played a defensive rather than attacking game.
比赛形势决定了他们要打防守战而不是进攻战YIz(%vJhAs!%jzE。

The effect is soft and pretty rather than drop-dead sexy.
给人的印象是柔和俏丽而不是吸人眼球的性感aL,tzo^bgk98Ad+IDt。