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From the Ted Talk by Richard Sears: Planning for the end of oil
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Now, I'll tell you another little, very _________ story about this picture. Now, I'm not __________ that energy use in total isn't __________, it is — that's another part of the story. Come talk to me about it, we'll fill in some of the details — but there's a very important _______ here: This is 200 years of history, and for 200 years we've been systematically decarbonizing our energy system. Energy systems of the world becoming progressively — year on year, decade on ______, century on century — becoming less ______ intense. And that continues into the future with the renewables that we're developing today, reaching maybe 30 percent of primary energy by mid century. Now that might be the end of the story — Okay, we just replace it all with conventional renewables — but I think, actually, there's more to the story than that.
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Original Text
Now, I'll tell you another little, very important story about this picture. Now, I'm not pretending that energy use in total isn't increasing, it is — that's another part of the story. Come talk to me about it, we'll fill in some of the details — but there's a very important message here: This is 200 years of history, and for 200 years we've been systematically decarbonizing our energy system. Energy systems of the world becoming progressively — year on year, decade on decade, century on century — becoming less carbon intense. And that continues into the future with the renewables that we're developing today, reaching maybe 30 percent of primary energy by mid century. Now that might be the end of the story — Okay, we just replace it all with conventional renewables — but I think, actually, there's more to the story than that.
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