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

This has to be one of the silliest press release titles in recent weeks:這必須是其中的silliest新聞稿的標題在最近幾個星期：

“Imperial College London and Royal Dutch Shell join forces to produce cleaner fossil fuels” “倫敦帝國學院和皇家荷蘭殼牌合力產生清潔的礦物燃料”

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?它們是什麼做的規劃，著手對他們的雙手和膝蓋擦洗這些煤層和油井一些很不錯的強烈肘油脂？

Apparently, the title alludes to a meeting to be held on February 15, that will discuss ways to produce cleaner fossil fuels.很顯然，標題提到了1日舉行下一次會議2月15日，將討論如何產生清潔的礦物燃料。 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他們真的是希望擺脫會議，是不是一些新的洗滌，但發展新的進程，將“提高提取困難
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.碳氫化合物與最小釋放的溫室氣體。 “代表將審查過程中，從提取的階段，通過向下游提供能源和化學品給消費者。

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?公平不夠的，但清潔或以其他方式甚至不是使用清潔碳氫化合物違背了糧食的綠化運輸和工業，減少我們的大小90個碳的腳印？ Oh, hold on, it’sa Royal Dutch Shell (Oil) meeting…哦，就舉行，這是荷蘭皇家殼牌（石油）會議…