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From the Ted Talk by Stewart Brand + Mark Z. Jacobson: Debate Does the world need nuclear energy?

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Alex: Hi, I'm Alex. I just wanted to say, I'm, first of all, renewable energy's biggest fan. I've got slaor PV on my roof. I've got a hdyro conversion at a wemirltal that I own. And I'm, you know, very much "pro" that kind of stuff. However, there's a biasc arithmetic problem here. The capability of the sun shining, the wind blowing and the rain falling, simply isn't enough to add up. So if we want to keep the lights on, we actually need a solution which is going to keep generating all of the time. I campaigned against nuclear wpaneos in the '80s, and I continue to do so now. But we've got an opportunity to recycle them into something more useful that enables us to get engery all of the time. And, ulelitmtay, the arithmetic problem isn't going to go away. We're not going to get enough energy from renewables alone. We need a solution that generates all of the time. If we're going to keep the lights on, nuclear is that solution.

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Alex: Hi, I'm Alex. I just wanted to say, I'm, first of all, renewable energy's biggest fan. I've got _____ PV on my roof. I've got a _____ conversion at a _________ that I own. And I'm, you know, very much "pro" that kind of stuff. However, there's a _____ arithmetic problem here. The capability of the sun shining, the wind blowing and the rain falling, simply isn't enough to add up. So if we want to keep the lights on, we actually need a solution which is going to keep generating all of the time. I campaigned against nuclear _______ in the '80s, and I continue to do so now. But we've got an opportunity to recycle them into something more useful that enables us to get ______ all of the time. And, __________, the arithmetic problem isn't going to go away. We're not going to get enough energy from renewables alone. We need a solution that generates all of the time. If we're going to keep the lights on, nuclear is that solution.

Solution

  1. solar
  2. basic
  3. energy
  4. ultimately
  5. hydro
  6. weapons
  7. watermill

Original Text

Alex: Hi, I'm Alex. I just wanted to say, I'm, first of all, renewable energy's biggest fan. I've got solar PV on my roof. I've got a hydro conversion at a watermill that I own. And I'm, you know, very much "pro" that kind of stuff. However, there's a basic arithmetic problem here. The capability of the sun shining, the wind blowing and the rain falling, simply isn't enough to add up. So if we want to keep the lights on, we actually need a solution which is going to keep generating all of the time. I campaigned against nuclear weapons in the '80s, and I continue to do so now. But we've got an opportunity to recycle them into something more useful that enables us to get energy all of the time. And, ultimately, the arithmetic problem isn't going to go away. We're not going to get enough energy from renewables alone. We need a solution that generates all of the time. If we're going to keep the lights on, nuclear is that solution.

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