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Daniel Kammen: ‘Energy from algae is a wildcard’

EarthSky

Daniel Kammen: From our analysis, probably the most interesting feature of algae is that it's a wildcard. Since algae might be a big player, but right now, it'll take some breakthroughs for us to see that.

丹尼爾·科曼：我們分析發(fā)現(xiàn)藻類植物的最吸引人的特點在于其萬能性。海藻或許舉足輕重，但如今，一些突破性的進展讓使我們見證這一點。

You are listening to Daniel Kammen. He is director of the Renewable and Appropriate Energy Laboratory at the University of California-Berkeley and energy and policy advisor to the Obama administration. Dr. Kammen spoke to EarthSky about the potential of algae to meet future energy needs.

您正聽到的是丹尼爾·科曼的講述。他是加州伯利克大學可再生清潔能源實驗室的主任，也是奧巴馬的能源策略的顧問。科曼博士向EarthSky介紹了海藻應對未來能源需求的潛能。

Daniel Kammen: A variety of algae, actually the common pond scum to various plants, they produce different oils in their cell walls. And there can be large amounts of it. What we're talking about is harvesting those materials that look very similar to the kinds of biodiesels we produce right now.

丹尼爾·科曼：這里的各種藻類其實是指一般的綠藻類植物。它們的細胞壁會分泌各種不同的油，產(chǎn)量還不低。收集這些類似生物燃油的海藻油正我們要討論的。

Kammen said oils from fast-growing algae could either be converted into liquid fuel that could run your car, or into more efficient hydrogen fuel. The idea is promising, he said, but the key to success is scaling up the technology.

科曼說從快速生長海藻中提煉的油既可以轉為液態(tài)燃料供給汽車，也可以轉為更高效的氫燃料。

Daniel Kammen: We can do it in the laboratory, in a Petri dish, no problem right now. Question is, can we do it at scale? And no one really knows.

丹尼爾·科曼：我們可以在實驗室的培養(yǎng)皿中完整這個實驗，沒有問題。問題是我們能將規(guī)模放大嗎？沒人可以確定。

Kammen added that algae is significantly behind other renewable energy sources, like solar and wind, in terms of development.

科曼補充道，從發(fā)展角度講，藻類還遠遠落后于其他諸如太陽能，風能等可再生能源。

Daniel Kammen: Even if algae performs at its theoretical maximum, it may not be a big enough deal soon enough.

丹尼爾·科曼：即使海藻油的產(chǎn)能達到理論最優(yōu)，也不足以馬上成為一個矚目的焦點。

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