Palladium, manufactured in catalytic converters to help curb emissions, hit a new peak.

钯用于催化转换器制造以帮助减排，其价格再创新高。

Most cars produced since the 1980s are equipped with catalytic converters that reduce the emission of carbon monoxide and nitrogen oxides.

在 1980 年代制造的大部分汽车都配有触媒转化器，减少一氧化碳和氮氧化物的排放。

[Newsreader 2] Thieves targeting cars for their catalytic converters.

- [Newsreader 2] 盗贼瞄准汽车的催化转化器。

Well, because of the very unique chemistry that happens inside of a catalytic converter.

好吧，因为催化转化器内部发生了非常独特的化学反应。

But in recent years, catalytic converters have become one of the most stolen items on cars.

但近年来，催化转化器已成为汽车上最容易被盗的物品之一。

Most modern cars are fitted with advanced catalytic converters that reduce the amount of harmful components present in the exhaust, in order to protect the outside atmosphere.

大多数现代汽车都配备了先进的催化转换器，可以减少废气中有害成分的数量，以保护外部大气。

A catalytic converter is basically an extra little chamber along your car's exhaust pipe, EV owners, this doesn't apply to you.

催化转化器基本上是汽车排气管上的一个额外的小室，EV 车主， 这不适用于您。

They put something called a catalytic converter in their cars to clean up the air after it had been combusted in the engine.

他们在汽车中放置了一种叫做催化转化器的东西，以净化在发动机中燃烧后的空气。

So that's why this strange crime wave is taking over and why people are sawing catalytic converters off of your Prius.

所以这就是为什么这种奇怪的犯罪浪潮正在席卷而来，以及为什么人们正在从您的 Prius 上锯掉催化转化器。

And I don't see us sort of worshipping the guy that invented the television tube the same way or the person that first engineered the catalytic converter or anything like that.

而且我不认为我们崇拜以同样方式发明电视管的人或首先设计催化转化器的人或类似的人。

Solar panels made this way are now in production, and Mr Elrod is already casting his eye over fuel cells, ultracapacitors (a novel way of storing electricity) and even catalytic converters as suitable candidates for manufacture by co-extrusion.

以这种方式制造的太阳能板现已投入生产，Elrod也已把目光投向了燃料电池，超级电容（一种储藏电量的新奇方式），甚至催化转化器都成了共挤压制造的合适材料。

I almost had it when Dad flung a catalytic converter. I leapt aside, cutting my hand on the serrated edge of a punctured tank. I wiped the blood on my jeans and shouted, " Don't throw them here! I'm here" !

爸爸扔过来一个催化转换器，差点击中我。我跳到一边，手碰在一个破水箱的锯齿边上，割破了。我把血抹在牛仔裤上，喊道：" 别把它们往这边扔！我在这儿呢！"

No. What else happened? DDT was banned, the  catalytic converter was introduced, leaded gas was removed from the environment. All of this happened  in those five years, while we were still at war.

不，还有什么事发生？ DDT 被禁止， 催化转化器被引入，含铅气体被从环境中移除。 所有这一切都发生在这五年里， 当时我们还在打仗。

So the U.S. passed these huge, new environmental laws like the Clean Air Act, which led to one of the most monumental innovations ever in cleaning up the way that we drive: the catalytic converter.

因此，美国通过了这些庞大的新环境法，如《清洁空气法》，这导致了有史以来最具有里程碑意义的创新之一，旨在净化我们的驾驶方式：催化转化器。

Maybe in the future as car technology evolves, catalytic converters filled with the most expensive substances on Earth won't even be a thing, but for now, this is one crime wave that you can blame on the universe.

也许在未来随着汽车技术的发展，装有地球上最昂贵物质的催化转化器甚至都不会成为现实，但就目前而言， 这是一场犯罪浪潮， 你可以将其归咎于宇宙。