We could reduce the clinker ratio even more.

我们可以进一步降低熟料比。

But producing high-quality clinker is a complex science.

然而，生产高质量的熟料是一门复杂的科学。

To produce clinker, you need to maintain a temperature of over 1,400 degrees Celsius.

要生产熟料，需要将温度维持在摄氏1400度以上。

So one strategy is to find a substitute for the clinker.

所以一个策略是找到熟料的替代品。

Most of the emissions come from the process of producing clinker, the key ingredient in cement.

大部分排放来自生产水泥熟料的过程，熟料是水泥的关键成分。

In North America, clinker accounts for about 90% of cement due to safety standards.

在北美，由于安全标准，熟料约占水泥的 90%。

Startups have been in a race to develop a new kind of green cement that avoids clinker altogether.

初创公司一直在竞相开发一种完全不含熟料的新型绿色水泥。

They talked outboard-motors and debated clinker versus carvel until their mugs were empty.

他们谈论舷外发动机， 争论熟料还是卡维尔， 直到他们的杯子都空了。

Once it goes through the kiln it becomes a material called clinker: the key binding ingredient in cement.

一旦进入窑炉，它就变成了一种叫做熟料的材料：水泥的关键粘合成分。

China uses less clinker in their cement than the global average and they have at least one carbon capture project in the works.

中国在水泥中使用的熟料比全球平均水平要少，而且他们至少有一个碳捕获项目正在进行中。