These policies include a cap-and-trade initiative known as the Emissions Trading Scheme, steep fuel taxes, and ambitious programs to build windmills and other renewable energy projects. These policies were undertaken at a time when the EU economy was doing well and – one hopes – with full knowledge that they would have significant costs.
上述政策包括被称为排放贸易计划的配额贸易方案，高额的燃油税，以及建造风车和其他可再生能源项目的雄心勃勃的计划。这些政策实行时欧盟经济状况还算不错——至少人们这样期望——当时人们就完全清楚这些政策将带来重大的开支。