世界首富比尔·盖茨-投资清洁能源新技术的新方法(2)

所以我们不得不投资大型商业工厂，这对传统投资来说风险往往太大。
We need to innovate, not just in the technologies, but in how the public and private sectors come together to build this scale.
我们不仅仅是在技术上需要创新，还要在公共和私营部门如何联合起来建立这种规模上创新。
We"ve seen this work before with solar energy.
我们之前在太阳能领域也看到过类似的例子。
But even in that case it took fifty years to go from powering calculators to powering cities.
但是即使那样，从给计算器供电到给城市供电也需要 50 年的时间。
And we can"t afford to wait fifty years.
我们等不起五十年。
And that"s why Breakthrough Energy is launching the Catalyst program to bring the next generation of climate solutions to market in time and at a low enough cost to avoid a climate disaster.
这就是为什么 Breakthrough Energy 公司正在启动催化剂计划，以足够低的成本及时将下一代气候解决方案推向市场，从而避免气候灾难。
We"re bringing together philanthropists, governments, and leading companies to make bold investments in technologies with great promise but with a long road to commercial success.
我们将慈善家、政府和领先公司聚集在一起，对技术进行大胆投资，这些投资前景广阔，但通往商业成功的道路漫长。
These investments won"t just help reduce emissions, they"ll also create new, high-paying jobs for decades to come.