Gore and Hansen want a moratorium on coal-fired power plants, but neglect the fact that the hundreds of new power plants that will be opened in China and India in the coming years could lift a billion people out of poverty. Negating this outcome through a moratorium is clearly no unmitigated good.
戈尔和汉森希望能推迟火电厂的建设，但却忽视了未来几年即将在中国和印度建成的数百座火电厂将帮助近十亿人脱离贫困。相比之下，用推迟的方式毁掉了这一成果显然得不偿失。