If this model were followed by every society,the planet wouldn't have 900 million vehicles,
如果每个社会都跟随这个模式。
As it does today,but five billion.
今天地球不会只有九亿辆汽车,而是五十亿。
Faster and faster.
越来越快。
The more the world develops, the greater its thirst for energy.
世界越发展对能源的渴求就更高。
Everywhere, machines dig, bore and rip from the Earth...
到处都是挖钻矿物的机器。
the pieces of stars buried in its depths since its creation:minerals.
把盘古初开时埋在地下的星星挖出来,矿物。
In the next 20 years, more ore will be extracted from the Earth than in the whole of humanity's history.
未来二十年人类从地球开采的矿物比人类历史上的总数都要多。
As a privilege of power,80% of this mineral wealth is consumed by 20% of the world's population.
由于垄断80%开采所得财富只由20%的人口分享。
Before the end of this century,excessive mining will have exhausted nearly all the planet's reserves.
到本世纪末由于过份开采矿产,人类将会耗尽地球上的大部分资源。
Faster and faster.
越来越快。
Shipyards churn out oil tankers, container ships and gas tankers...
造船厂大量制造油轮,货柜船,煤气运输船。
To cater for the demands of globalized industrial production.
以应付世界性工业生产的需求。