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Kevin Surace: Eco-friendly drywall
凱文．蘇拉切發明的環保石膏板
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凱文．蘇拉切建議我們重新思考基本的建築材料 -- 例如熟悉的壁板 -- 以減少製造業和建築業產生的巨大碳排放。他向我們介紹由 Serious Materials 發明的生態石(EcoRock)，一種不污染環境，可再生和節能的石膏板。
Kevin Surace - Engineer, executive
Kevin Surace is looking at the climate crisis from an engineer's perspective -- and creating products that prove there's no piece of our daily lives we can't redesign to be cleaner and greener. Full bio
Kevin Surace is looking at the climate crisis from an engineer's perspective -- and creating products that prove there's no piece of our daily lives we can't redesign to be cleaner and greener. Full bio
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What's happening to the climate?
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氣候到底怎麼了？
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It is unbelievably bad.
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真是糟糕得令人難以置信
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This is, obviously, that famous view now of the Arctic,
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這是著名的北極地區的景象
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which is likely to be gone at this point
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而它很可能會消失
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in the next three or four or five years. Very, very, very scary.
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大約未來的三至五年就會消失，真的很可怕
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So we all look at what we can do.
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因此我們都在思考我們能做些什麼
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And when you look at the worldwide sources of CO2,
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當你看到全球二氧化碳的來源
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52 percent are tied to buildings.
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百分之五十二是來自建築物
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Only nine percent is passenger cars, interestingly enough.
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只有百分之九是來自汽車，這真是夠有趣的了
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So we ran off to a sushi bar.
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所以我們跑去吃壽司
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And at that sushi bar we came up with a great idea.
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然後在壽司吧裡，我們想到了一個好主意
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And it was something called EcoRock.
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就是一種叫做生態石(EcoRock)的新建材
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And we said we could redesign the 115-year-old
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我們說我們可以改寫已有115年歷史的
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gypsum drywall process that generates
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石膏板牆的生產流程
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20 billion pounds of CO2 a year.
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這個流程每年約排放二百億磅二氧化碳
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So it was a big idea. We wanted to reduce that by 80 percent,
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這真是一個偉大的想法，我們希望可以減少百分之八十的碳排放
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which is exactly what we've done.
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而我們也的確做到了
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We started R&D in 2006.
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我們從2006年開始進行研發
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Decided to use recycled content from cement
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我們決定使用水泥
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and steel manufacturing.
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和鋼鐵生產的回收物
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There is the inside of our lab. We haven't shown this before.
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這是實驗室的內部，我們從來沒有向別人展示過
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But our people had to do some 5,000
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為了達成目標，我們的工作人員需要做 5000 種
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different mixes to get this right, to hit our targets.
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不同的混合才能找到對的組合
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And they worked absolutely very, very, very hard.
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他們非常、非常、非常努力地工作
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So then we went forward and built our production line in China.
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然後終於我們在中國建立了生產線
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We don't build this production equipment any longer in the U.S., unfortunately.
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遺憾的是，我們已經不在美國建立生產設備了
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We did the line install over the summer.
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我們在夏天完成了生產線的安裝
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We started right there, with absolutely nothing.
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我們一切從零開始
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You're seeing for the first time, a brand new drywall production line,
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這是第一次，你會看到一個全新的石膏板生產線
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not made using gypsum at all.
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完全沒有使用石膏的生產線
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That's the finished production line there.
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這是完成的生產線
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We got our first panel out on December third.
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我們在十二月三日完成了第一塊石膏板
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That is the slurry being poured onto paper, basically. That's the line running.
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這是泥漿被倒入紙漿的時候，這是運作行中的生產線
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The exciting thing is, look at the faces of the people.
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令人振奮的是，看看這些人的表情
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These are people who worked this project for two to three years.
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他們為這個計畫整整工作了兩、三年
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And they are so excited. That's the first board off the line.
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他們這麼振奮，這是從生產線出來的第一塊石膏板
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Our Vice President of Operation kissing the board. Obviously very, very excited.
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我們營運副總裁正在親吻這塊石膏板，很顯然他是非常非常地振奮
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But this has a huge, huge impact on the environment.
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這對環境會有很大的影響
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We signed the first panel just a few weeks after that, had a great signing ceremony,
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幾個星期之後，我們辦了很大的簽名儀式，在第一塊石膏板上簽名
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leading to people hopefully using these products across the world.
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希望引導世界各地的人們來使用這些產品
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And we've got Cradle-to-Cradle Gold on this thing.
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我們得了 Cradle to Cradle 金牌獎
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We happened to win, just recently, the Green Product of the Year
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我們最近也在《大眾科學》
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for "The Re-Invention of Drywall," from Popular Science.
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以「重新發明石膏牆體」獲得了年度綠色產品獎
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Thank you. Thank you.
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謝謝大家
02:11
So here is what we learned: 8,000 gallons of gas
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我們學到了 8000 加侖的氣體
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equivalent to build one house.
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相當於建一間房屋
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You probably had no idea. It's like driving around the world six times.
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你可能不知道，這就像開車繞地球六次
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We must change everything.
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我們必須改變一切
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Look around the room: chairs, wood,
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環顧房間、椅子、木材
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everything around us has to change or we're not going to lick this problem.
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我們周圍的一切都必須改變，否則我們解決不了這個問題
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Don't listen to the people who say you can't do this, because anyone can.
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別聽人家說你做不到，因為我們每一個人都可以做到
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And these job losses, we can fix them with green-collar jobs.
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對於失業者，我們將會帶來綠領工作
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We've got four plants. We're building this stuff around the country.
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我們有四個工廠，我們正在全國各地不斷建造中
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We're going as fast as we can.
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我們會盡可能地快
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Two and a half million cars worth of gypsum,
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相當於250萬輛汽車
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you know, CO2 generated. Right?
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產生的二氧化碳的石膏，對嗎？
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So what will you do? I'll tell you what I did and why I did it. And I know my time's up.
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所以，你會怎樣做呢？我來告訴你我做了什麼，為什麼這樣做，我知道我時間到了
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Those are my kids, Natalie and David.
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這些是我的孩子，納塔莉和大衛
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When they have their kids, 2050,
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當他們在 2050 年有了自己的孩子時
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they'd better look back at Grandpa and say,
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他們會回頭跟爺爺說：
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"Hey, you gave it a good shot. You did the best you could
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「嘿，你做得不錯啊！你的團隊
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with the team that you had."
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做到了最好的。」
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So my hope is that when you leave TED,
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因此，我的希望是當你離開TED時
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you will look at reducing your carbon footprint
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請想辨法減少自己的碳排放量
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in however you can do it.
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並為此盡一切努力
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And if you don't know how, please find me -- I will help you.
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如果你不知道如何做，請聯絡我，我會幫助你
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Last but not least, Bill Gates, I know you invented Windows.
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最後，比爾．蓋茨，我知道你發明了視窗（Windows）
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Wait till you see, maybe next year, what kind of windows we've invented.
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等著看，或許到明年，你就會看到我們發明了什麼樣的窗戶
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Thank you so much.
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謝謝大家
03:12
(Applause)
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ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Kevin Surace - Engineer, executiveKevin Surace is looking at the climate crisis from an engineer's perspective -- and creating products that prove there's no piece of our daily lives we can't redesign to be cleaner and greener.
Why you should listen
Kevin Surace wants to reduce the use of fossil fuels and their effect on the environment by greening manufacturing processes that create the basic components of our everyday life. As CEO of Serious Materials, he's helping to reduce the energy usage (and CO2 emissions) generated by the world's largest contributor -- buildings.
Before Serious Materials, Surace worked with Perfect Commerce, General Magic, Air Communications, National Semiconductor and Seiko-Epson.
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