唐纳德·特朗普被称为一个高度务实的“说了就做”的领袖。作为当选总统，他既想保持对投票支持他的选民的承诺，又要愈合竞选时的严重分歧造成的伤口。有没有那么一种可能，让他通过在美墨边境建造一道实体的壁垒的基建投资创造就业机会，同时弥合与墨西哥自由主义者和颇具环保意识的加州--甚至中国之间的裂痕呢？

　　The answer is “yes.” He can do so by expanding on an imaginative proposal by one of Mexico’s leading environmentalists Homero Aridjis and James Ramey a professor at Mexico City’s Metropolitan Autonomous University.

　　答案是：”有“。他可以通过扩展由墨西哥最知名的环保人士之一霍梅罗·阿里德吉斯和墨西哥城都市自治大学教授詹姆斯·拉美所提出的一个富有想象力的建议来实现。

　　They propose building a border of solar panel arrays one-third the width of a football field along their side of the almost 2000-mile border with the U.S. to capture the intense sunlight of Mexico’s northern desert. A new high-voltage direct current grid would distribute energy to the cities and populations that line both sides of the border from Texas to California. Yes Mexico would pay for this installation ― and reap the revenues from selling the energy to utilities and households in both countries. And the jobs it would provide would help keep would-be migrants at home.

　　他们建议在长达2000英里的美墨边境的墨西哥一侧建造三分之一足球场宽的太阳能电板列阵以捕捉墨西哥北部沙漠强烈的日光资源。新建的高压直流电网可以将这些电能传输到边境两边的城市里和家庭里去，从德州到加州。是的，墨西哥将会支付这样的太阳能电板安装费用，通过将电能卖给两国的机构和家庭，墨西哥政府可以获得财政收入。而该项目所提供的就业机会将有助于让潜在的墨西哥移民待在国内。

　　Further as Aridjis and Ramey wrote recently in The WorldPost the physical facility “would have a civilizing effect in a dangerous area.” They continued: “Since solar plants use security measures to keep intruders out the solar border would serve as a de facto virtual fence reducing porousness of the border while producing major economic environmental and security benefits on both sides. It would make trafficking drugs arms and people all the more difficult for criminal cartels.”

　　而且，最近Aridjis和Ramey 在世界邮报上写文章说，物理设施“在危险区域或许有教化作用”，“因为太阳能发电厂的安全措施会防止入侵者进入太阳能电池板边缘，这实际上会行成一个重要的栅栏来减少边境漏洞，同时为边境双方制造重要的经济环境和安全保障。使为犯罪集团运输毒品的武装和罪犯难度加大。”

　　Since sunlight roughly falls equally on both near sides of the border the obvious question is why shouldn’t the U.S. mirror this project on its territory doubling the energy capacity (and thus reducing costs) the jobs and the border security?

　　因为阳光这种资源对边境双方来说都没差，问题就是，为什么不能在边境的美国那边也弄一个同样的太阳能发电厂，让能源效能、工作机会、边境安全都翻倍，并且能减少成本？

　　Such a project seems a compelling candidate for some of the president-elect’s proposed $1 trillion infrastructure spending plan. California could invest revenues from its cap and trade system toward this end. It could also as needed issue revenue bonds paid for not by the taxpayer but out of energy usage fees. Either way a solar border would help significantly in meeting California’s legal commitment to reduce greenhouse gases to 40 percent below 1990 levels by 2030.

　　对于川普所提议的1万亿美元基建计划来说，这样的项目似乎是很有吸引力的。加州可以将排污系统中所获得受益投资于该项目，还可以根据需要发行收益担保债券，不是由纳税人支付，而是通过能源使用费支付。无论如何，边境太阳能项目对加州就在2030年前减少40%温室气体排放从而低于1990年水平的法律承诺的实现非常有帮助。

　　Another source of financing could come from the new Chinese-led Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank or AIIB which is set up for just this kind of project across the Pacific Basin as well as Eurasia. Chinese President Xi Jinping has been arguing that despite other conflicts there are “win-win” possibilities for the U.S. and China. Unfortunately the U.S. made a strategic mistake in not joining the AIIB even though other close allies such as Great Britain France Germany and Australia have. Mexico has stayed out under U.S. pressure.

　　另外的财政来源将来自于新的以中国为首的亚洲基建投资银行AIIB。该银行就是为了太平洋盆地以及亚欧大陆的类似项目而成立的。中国主席席近平声称尽管有其它冲突，但是仍有对美和中国来说是双赢的可能性。不幸的是，美国犯了战略错误而没有加入该银行，尽管其亲密盟友英国，法国，德国和澳洲都加入了。墨西哥在美国压力下没有加入。

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　　If a President Trump were to make joining the AIIB an early priority of his administration it would show that he is willing to cooperate with China as well as confront it when necessary. Mexico then would also likely join. Former CIA director Jim Woolsey a Trump adviser has publicly argued that the U.S. should correct the U.S. “mistake” and become a member of the AIIB.

　　假设特朗普总统在他当政初期就打算让美国加入AIIB（亚洲基础设施投资银行），这表明他愿意与中国合作，且如有必要他愿正面直视中国。那时墨西哥将也可能加入。前CIA（中央情报局）局长吉姆伍尔西，特朗普的顾问，已公开主张美国应该纠正自己的“错误”并成为AIIB的一员。

　　As dealmaker-in-chief a President Trump could probably even negotiate a concessionary rate with the AIIB for the sake of furthering peace and fighting climate change a Chinese priority. He could also convincingly argue that this is one way for China to recirculate the some $3 trillion in reserves it has accumulated as a result of the trade surplus with the United States.

　　作为首席交易官的总统川普为了进一步推进和平和抵抗气候变化（中国的优先事项）甚至可以通过谈判获得AIIB的优惠条款。他甚至还可以据理力争的声称这是中国再流通自己与美国贸易顺差所积累的3万亿美元储备的一种方式。