二氧化碳製成空氣鑽石?大綱

Diamonds made from carbon
二氧化碳製成空氣鑽石？

A British multi-millionaire and environmentalist has set out plans to create thousands of carats of laboratory-grown diamonds every year "made entirely from the sky".
英國一位資產過億的環保主義者計劃每年在實驗室生產數千克拉鑽石，這些鑽石“完全用大氣製造”。

Dale Vince, the founder of green energy supplier Ecotricity, claims to have developed the world's only diamonds to be made from carbon, water and energy sourced directly from the elements at a "sky mining facility" in Stroud.
綠色能源供應商Ecotricity的創始人戴爾·文斯稱，已成功研發出世界上唯一一種由碳、水和能源製成的鑽石，鑽石中所含元素均由斯特勞德地區的“天空採礦設施”提取。

The "green technology" uses carbon dioxide captured directly from the atmosphere to form the diamonds – which are chemically identical to diamonds mined from the earth – using wind and solar electricity, with water collected from rainfall.
這種綠色技術直接利用從大氣中捕獲的二氧化碳製成鑽石，過程中利用了風力、太陽能、以及從雨水中收集的水。這種鑽石的化學性質與從地下開採的鑽石完全相同。

The result is the "world's first zero-impact diamond", according to Vince.
根據文斯的說法，這是“世界上第一顆零污染鑽石”。

The clean energy entrepreneur said he hopes to challenge the traditional diamond mining industry, which causes "irreversible damage" to the environment.
這位清潔能源企業家表示，他希望能向對環境造成“不可逆轉損害”的傳統鑽石開採業發起挑戰。