Peter Tom Jones, the director of the KU Leuven Institute for Sustainable Metals and Materials, in Belgium, reckons that processing the nodules will produce about 40% less greenhouse-gas emissions than those from terrestrial ore.
比利时鲁汶大学可持续金属和材料研究所所长彼得·汤姆·琼斯 (Peter Tom Jones) 估计,加工结核产生的温室气体排放量将比陆生矿石减少约 40%。