How to Make Fossil Fuels Cleaner如何使化石燃料更清洁

This has to be one of the silliest press release titles in recent weeks:这必须是其中的silliest新闻稿的标题在最近几个星期：

“Imperial College London and Royal Dutch Shell join forces to produce cleaner fossil fuels” “伦敦帝国学院和皇家荷兰壳牌合力产生清洁的矿物燃料”

What are they planning to do, get down on their hands and knees scrub those coal seams and oil wells with some nice strong elbow grease?它们是什么做的规划，着手对他们的双手和膝盖擦洗这些煤层和油井一些很不错的强烈肘油脂？

Apparently, the title alludes to a meeting to be held on February 15, that will discuss ways to produce cleaner fossil fuels.很显然，标题提到了1日举行下一次会议2月15日，将讨论如何产生清洁的矿物燃料。 What they are really hoping to get out of the meeting is not some new scrubber but the development of new processes that will “enhance extraction of difficult他们真的是希望摆脱会议，是不是一些新的洗涤，但发展新的进程，将“提高提取困难
hydrocarbons with minimal release of greenhouse gases.” Delegates will examine processes from the extraction stage through to downstream delivery of energy and chemicals to the consumer.碳氢化合物与最小释放的温室气体。 “代表将审查过程中，从提取的阶段，通过向下游提供能源和化学品给消费者。

Fair enough, but clean or otherwise isn’t even the clean use of hydrocarbons going against the grain of greening up transport and industry and reducing our size 90 carbon footprints?公平不够的，但清洁或以其他方式甚至不是使用清洁碳氢化合物违背了粮食的绿化运输和工业，减少我们的大小90个碳的脚印？ Oh, hold on, it’sa Royal Dutch Shell (Oil) meeting…哦，就举行，这是荷兰皇家壳牌（石油）会议…