But continuing to use energy inefficiently will not mitigate the painful effects of the global economic crisis. If we make today’s problems the excuse for failure to save the environment, we will simply pile up much bigger – and potentially catastrophic – problems tomorrow.
但是继续没有效率地使用能源不会降低全球经济危机的痛苦影响。如果我们用今天的问题来为拯救环境上无所作为开脱，那么，我们只不过是把问题越积越大，明天或许会产生灾难性的后果。