And we've grown our economies so much that we now stand in a real danger of undermining hope -- running down resources, cutting down rainforests, spilling oil into the Gulf of Mexico, changing the climate -- and the only thing that has actually remotely slowed down the relentless rise of carbon emissions over the last two to three decades is recession.
然而我们的经济增长了如此之多 以至于我们现在 处在一个 侵蚀希望的危险处境-- 耗尽能源，砍伐森林， 石油泄漏在墨西哥湾， 改变气候-- 过去的二十到三十年间唯一能够 轻微地减缓源源不断的 碳排放的 就是经济萧条。