英语翻译ThisistheVOASpecialEnglishEconomicsReport.Manypeoplethinkthesearchforcleanerenergyleadsonlytorenewableresourceslikesun,windandwater.Butitalsoleadstoafossilfuel.Naturalgasisconsideredthecleanestofthefo

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This is the VOA Special English Economics Report.
Many people think the search for cleaner energy leads only to renewable resources like sun,wind and water.But it also leads to a fossil fuel.Natural gas is considered the cleanest of the fossil fuels,the fuels created by plant and animal remains over millions of years.
Burning it releases fewer pollutants than oil or coal.The gas is mainly methane.It produces half the carbon dioxide of other fossil fuels.So it may help cut the production of carbon -gases linked to climate change.Russia is first in what are called "proved reserves" of natural gas.The United States is sixth.Over the years,big oil and gas companies recovered much of the easily reached supplies of gas in America.They drilled straight down into formations where gas collects.As these supplies were used up,big drillers looked for similar formations in other countries.
But now the industry is taking a new look.Companies are developing gas supplies trapped in shale rock two to three thousand meters underground.They drill down to the shale,then go sideways and inject high-pressure water,sand or other material into the rock.-This causes the rock to break,or fracture,releasing the gas.Huge fields of gas shale are believed to lie under the Appalachian Mountains,Michigan and the south-central states.
Gas shale exploration is being done mainly by small to medium sized companies.
Eric Potter is a program director in the Bureau of Economic Geology at the University of Texas at Austin.
ERIC POTTER:"The types of opportunities that are left for natural gas exploration in the U.S.have changed.So it's a different class of resource -- not as easy to develop,and not even recognized as something worth pursuing,say,twenty years ago."
He says more than half the gas in the United States is now coming from these new reserves.
But hydraulic fracturing can also produce debate and anger over the risk of groundwater pollution.This method of drilling is not federally supervised under the Safe Drinking Water Act.Some in Congress want to end that exemption from the law.
Natural gas provides Americans with about one-fourth of their energy.And,unlike oil,most of it is produced in America.Gas producers invested heavily in reaching new supplies when prices were high.But prices are down sharply now because the recession cut demand for energy.So energy expert Eric Potter says it is too early to know how the new gas shale reserves will affect the market.
And that's the VOA Special English Economics Report,written by Mario Ritter.I'm Steve Ember.

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这是美国之音特别英语经济学报告.
许多人认为对清洁能源的搜索只能导致像太阳,风和水的再生资源.但它也导致化石燃料.天然气被认为是最洁净的化石燃料,由工厂造成的燃料和动物的尸体经过了数百万年.
燃烧释放比煤或油的污染物减少.这种气体主要是甲烷.它生产的一半其他化石燃料的二氧化碳.因此,它可能有助于降低碳的生产与气候change.Russia气体是在所谓“探明天然气储量”第一.美国的六分之一.多年来,大的石油和天然气公司回收的气体很容易到达美国供应了.他们钻直单位在分解成气体收集.由于这些用品用完,大钻井寻找其他国家类似的单位.
但现在该行业正在采取新的面貌.公司正在开发中被困页岩的天然气供应二,三千米深.他们深入到页岩,然后横rock.注入高压水,沙子或其他材料,这将导致岩石打破,或断裂,释放气体.页岩巨大的天然气田相信沉睡在阿巴拉契亚山脉,密歇根州和南部,中部各州.
天然气勘探页岩正在采取以中小型为主的中小型企业.
埃里克波特是在奥斯汀的得克萨斯大学在经济地质局项目负责人.
李家祥波特：“机会的是,在美国天然气勘探左改变类型.所以它的资源不同的类 - 不容易发展,甚至不承认是值得追求的东西,例如,20年前.“
他说,一半以上的美国天然气正来自这些新的储备.
但是,水力压裂也可以产生对地下水污染的风险进行辩论和愤怒.这种钻井方法不是联邦政府的监督下,安全饮用水法案.在美国国会一些人希望结束,从法律的豁免.
天然气提供了大约三分之一的美国人的能源第四.而且,不像石油,其中大部分是在美国生产.天然气生产投入巨资在价格达到高新的供应.但价格大幅下滑,是因为经济衰退削减能源需求.因此,能源专家埃里克波特说,这是太早知道新的天然气页岩储量将影响市场.
而这也是美国之音特别英语经济学的报告,由马里奥里特写的.我是史蒂夫恩贝尔.