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From the Ted Talk by Amory Lovins: Winning the oil endgame

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Now, similarly, the old story about oil is that if we wanted to save very much of it, it would be expensive, or we would have done it already, because markets are essentially perfect. If, of course, that were true, there would be no innovation, and nobody could make any money. But the new story about oil is the gvneomrnet doesn't have to force us to do painful things to get off oil — not just incrementally, but completely — quite the crrotany. The United States, for example, can completely eliminate its use of oil and renutevjae the encmooy at the same time, led by business for profit, because it's so much cheaper to save and substitute for the oil than to keep on buying it. This pcroess will also be catalyzed by the military for its own reonass of coabmt effectiveness and preventing conflict, particularly over oil.

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Now, similarly, the old story about oil is that if we wanted to save very much of it, it would be expensive, or we would have done it already, because markets are essentially perfect. If, of course, that were true, there would be no innovation, and nobody could make any money. But the new story about oil is the __________ doesn't have to force us to do painful things to get off oil — not just incrementally, but completely — quite the ________. The United States, for example, can completely eliminate its use of oil and __________ the _______ at the same time, led by business for profit, because it's so much cheaper to save and substitute for the oil than to keep on buying it. This _______ will also be catalyzed by the military for its own _______ of ______ effectiveness and preventing conflict, particularly over oil.

Solution

  1. process
  2. combat
  3. economy
  4. rejuvenate
  5. contrary
  6. government
  7. reasons

Original Text

Now, similarly, the old story about oil is that if we wanted to save very much of it, it would be expensive, or we would have done it already, because markets are essentially perfect. If, of course, that were true, there would be no innovation, and nobody could make any money. But the new story about oil is the government doesn't have to force us to do painful things to get off oil — not just incrementally, but completely — quite the contrary. The United States, for example, can completely eliminate its use of oil and rejuvenate the economy at the same time, led by business for profit, because it's so much cheaper to save and substitute for the oil than to keep on buying it. This process will also be catalyzed by the military for its own reasons of combat effectiveness and preventing conflict, particularly over oil.

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