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From the Ted Talk by T. Boone Pickens: Let's transform energy -- with natural gas
Unscramble the Blue Letters
TBP: I don't like that because it ends up the gnmreneovt is going to run the program. I can tell you it will be a fruiale. The government is not sfcsceuusl on these things. They just aren't, it's a bad deal. Look at Solyndra, or whatever it was. I mean, that was told to be a bad idea 10 times, they went ahead and did it anyway. But that only blew out 500 million. I think it's closer to a bilioln. But Chris, I think where we're headed, the long-term, I don't mind going back to nuclear. And I can tell you what the last page of the report that will take them five years to write will be. One, don't build a reformer on a falut. (legatuhr) And number two, do not build a reformer on the ocean. And now I think reformers are safe. Move them inland and on very stable ground and build the reformers. There isn't anything worng with nuke. You're going to have to have energy. There is no question. You can't — okay.
Open Cloze
TBP: I don't like that because it ends up the __________ is going to run the program. I can tell you it will be a _______. The government is not __________ on these things. They just aren't, it's a bad deal. Look at Solyndra, or whatever it was. I mean, that was told to be a bad idea 10 times, they went ahead and did it anyway. But that only blew out 500 million. I think it's closer to a _______. But Chris, I think where we're headed, the long-term, I don't mind going back to nuclear. And I can tell you what the last page of the report that will take them five years to write will be. One, don't build a reformer on a _____. (________) And number two, do not build a reformer on the ocean. And now I think reformers are safe. Move them inland and on very stable ground and build the reformers. There isn't anything _____ with nuke. You're going to have to have energy. There is no question. You can't — okay.
Solution
- wrong
- fault
- billion
- laughter
- successful
- government
- failure
Original Text
TBP: I don't like that because it ends up the government is going to run the program. I can tell you it will be a failure. The government is not successful on these things. They just aren't, it's a bad deal. Look at Solyndra, or whatever it was. I mean, that was told to be a bad idea 10 times, they went ahead and did it anyway. But that only blew out 500 million. I think it's closer to a billion. But Chris, I think where we're headed, the long-term, I don't mind going back to nuclear. And I can tell you what the last page of the report that will take them five years to write will be. One, don't build a reformer on a fault. (Laughter) And number two, do not build a reformer on the ocean. And now I think reformers are safe. Move them inland and on very stable ground and build the reformers. There isn't anything wrong with nuke. You're going to have to have energy. There is no question. You can't — okay.
Frequently Occurring Word Combinations
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natural gas |
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air quality |
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natural gas producer |
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