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From the Ted Talk by James Hansen: Why I must speak out about climate change
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Now the tragedy about climate change is that we can solve it with a spilme, honest approach of a gradually risnig corabn fee collected from fossil fuel companies and distributed 100 percent etcrclelaloniy every month to all legal residents on a per ciatpa basis, with the government not keeping one dime. Most people would get more in the monthly dividend than they'd pay in icesnaerd prices. This fee and dividend would suaimltte the economy and innovations, creating millions of jobs. It is the principal requirement for moving us rapidly to a clean energy future.
Open Cloze
Now the tragedy about climate change is that we can solve it with a ______, honest approach of a gradually ______ ______ fee collected from fossil fuel companies and distributed 100 percent ______________ every month to all legal residents on a per ______ basis, with the government not keeping one dime. Most people would get more in the monthly dividend than they'd pay in _________ prices. This fee and dividend would _________ the economy and innovations, creating millions of jobs. It is the principal requirement for moving us rapidly to a clean energy future.
Solution
- increased
- carbon
- stimulate
- electronically
- capita
- simple
- rising
Original Text
Now the tragedy about climate change is that we can solve it with a simple, honest approach of a gradually rising carbon fee collected from fossil fuel companies and distributed 100 percent electronically every month to all legal residents on a per capita basis, with the government not keeping one dime. Most people would get more in the monthly dividend than they'd pay in increased prices. This fee and dividend would stimulate the economy and innovations, creating millions of jobs. It is the principal requirement for moving us rapidly to a clean energy future.
Frequently Occurring Word Combinations
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global warming |
7 |
climate change |
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energy imbalance |
5 |
fossil fuels |
4 |
sea level |
4 |
ice sheets |
4 |
white house |
3 |
greenhouse effect |
3 |
energy balance |
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fossil fuel |
3 |
van allen |
2 |
york times |
2 |
nasa headquarters |
2 |
climate history |
2 |
energy coming |
2 |
gaining heat |
2 |
deep ocean |
2 |
change deniers |
2 |
burning fossil |
2 |
ice sheet |
2 |
important point |
2 |
amplifying feedbacks |
2 |
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climate change deniers |
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