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From the Ted Talk by John Doerr and Hal Harvey: How to decarbonize the grid and electrify everything
Unscramble the Blue Letters
JD: Well, that's a really great question. The ivaoninotn starts with basic science in research and development. And the amaciren cmnomeitmt to that, while advanced on a global sense, is still paltry. It needs to be 10 times higher than the, say, 2.5 billion per year that we spned on clean energy R and D. But we need to go beyond R and D as well. There needs to be a kind of development, a kind of pre-commercialization, which in the US is done by a group called ARPA-E. Then there's the matter of forming new companies.
Open Cloze
JD: Well, that's a really great question. The __________ starts with basic science in research and development. And the ________ __________ to that, while advanced on a global sense, is still paltry. It needs to be 10 times higher than the, say, 2.5 billion per year that we _____ on clean energy R and D. But we need to go beyond R and D as well. There needs to be a kind of development, a kind of pre-commercialization, which in the US is done by a group called ARPA-E. Then there's the matter of forming new companies.
Solution
- innovation
- commitment
- american
- spend
Original Text
JD: Well, that's a really great question. The innovation starts with basic science in research and development. And the American commitment to that, while advanced on a global sense, is still paltry. It needs to be 10 times higher than the, say, 2.5 billion per year that we spend on clean energy R and D. But we need to go beyond R and D as well. There needs to be a kind of development, a kind of pre-commercialization, which in the US is done by a group called ARPA-E. Then there's the matter of forming new companies.
Frequently Occurring Word Combinations
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