抑制廢氣 印尼擬限制新車產量

Indonesia to Cap Car Production to Rein in Emissions

東南亞的印尼目前提出限制國內新車出產數量的最新辦法，希望藉此控制廢氣排放，達到減緩氣候暖化目的，但汽車業者卻抨擊，這根本是本末倒置的做法。印尼首都雅加達人口1200萬，是全球人口密度最高的城市之一，每天有300萬輛的車流量，也是全球污染最嚴重的都市之一。為了抑制溫室效應，減緩全球氣候暖化，印尼當局認為限制汽車產量，就能降低廢氣排放量。

Indonesia is currently proposing new regulations to limit domestic new car production in a bid to slash vehicle emissions and reach its objectives with respect to slowing global warming. The proposals have been criticized by automobile manufacturers who claim they amount to putting the cart before the horse. With a population of 12 million Jakarta, however, Jakarta is one of the cities with highest population density, and with traffic flow of three-million vehicles every day, it is also one of the most seriously polluted. The government believes that cutting vehicle production will slash vehicle emissions and help combat the greenhouse effect and global warming.

但當局的這種構想立刻遭到汽車業者砲轟。業者認為政府應該設法紓解車流量，減少塞車來降低廢氣排放，而不是限制汽車產量。政府應該考慮的是大城市基礎建設造成的塞車情況，如果塞車，尖峰時間就會造成無謂的燃料浪費，這才是最需要考慮的問題。

Vehicle manufacturers have hit back at this reasoning, saying that the government should look for ways to reduce emissions by cutting traffic volume and easing congestion rather than by restricting manufacture. They believe that the most urgent problem the government should consider is how urban infrastructure gives rise to traffic jams in the first place, causing needless waste of fuel resources at peak hours. 

global warming, climate change

rain fall pattern

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la Nina (female) 在赤道太平洋中央及東部，水溫異常下降，謂之「反聖嬰現象」

passenger car units/ hour (PCU) 每小時車流量