Reference Translation for Exercise 3 (news article)

澳大利亚开始地下储存二氧化碳
Australia begins to bury (geo-sequestrate) carbon dioxide

(澳大利亞坎培爾 / 美聯社報導) 澳大利亚首个地下二氧化碳储存设施在南部的维多利亚省启用。
这家地下储存工厂是南半球唯一的一处，收集一家发电廠排放的二氧化碳，储存在地下2公里。研究人员相信，这个试验计划有助于澳大利亚大幅度减少温室气体的排放量。不过，环保人士并不认为这个科技用得恰当。

Canberra, Australia (AP) – Australia launches the first underground carbon dioxide depository in southern Victoria state. It is the only storage facility of its kind in the southern hemisphere, which collects the carbon dioxide emitted by a power plant and stores it two miles underground. This pilot program will help Australia reduce its greenhouse gas emissions drastically, researchers believe. However, environmentalists oppose this program criticizing that it is not a proper way to slash carbon emissions. (geosequestration)

澳大利亚这个碳"墓穴"位于墨尔本以西的一个废弃天然氣田。
储存方式是把发电廠的二氧化碳压缩成液体，然后泵到地下。
经过多年的测试，科学家相信澳大利亚南部的这个地点可以安全地吸收十万吨温室气体。
据说，岩层可以大量吸收液体二氧化碳，因此当局希望可以把液态二氧化碳永久锁在地层下面。
这项计划得到了澳大利亚政府和该国有势力的煤矿业界的支持。
The depository, a carbon grave, is located at a depleted natural gas field in the west Melbourne. The carbon dioxide is first condensed into liquid and then pumped underground. Through years of testing, scientists are convinced that this facility can be used to absorb 100,000 tons of greenhouse gas safely. Many believe that terrain can absorb a great amount of carbon dioxide, which leads to the program that intends to imprison the liquid carbon dioxide underground forever. This program has won the support of Australian government and influential local coal industry.

一名资深化学工程师对BBC说，如果能防止二氧化碳从地下储存中泄漏，那么地下储存应该是个防止二氧化碳排放的有效方法。 不过，这个计划因为费用高昂而备受争议。 另外，环保人士还认为当中有很多未知数。他们坚持说花在维多利亚计划的金钱应该用于确有实效的技术，例如太阳能和风能。
A senior chemical engineer told BBC, “If only we can prevent the stored carbon dioxide from leaking, it will be an effective cure to the carbon dioxide emissions.” Nevertheless, this program is still controversial for associated high cost. Moreover, the money invested in the Victorian Program should have been used to develop renewable energy instead, such as solar or wind power, since there are still too many unknown factors in the “carbon grave” initiative.

Different cognition will result in different translations (moods):
If only we can……, it is…….
If only we can……, it will be…….
If only we could……, it will (would) be….

If only we should be able to prevent…, it would be….
It only we were to be able to prevent…, it would be….