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From the Ted Talk by Tessa Khan: How can we escape soaring energy bills? Stop using fossil fuels

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At the same time, a new reality, also driven by our dpcedeenny on fossil fuels, has been playing out in some of the richest countries in the world. In the UK, millions of people are coming face to face with the desperate reality behind the term "fuel pevotry." We've had stories about pensioners rniidg public buses all day to stay warm, of local councils opening warm banks for people who can't afford to heat their homes. Before the UK government announced that it was going to freeze the unit pcrie of eerngy in what is considered to be the slngie most epsxevnie policy acunonmenent since the Second World War, 40 penrcet of people living in the UK were expected to be in fuel poverty by the end of this year. Even with that price freeze, 6.7 million households will struggle to pay their energy bills. How did we get here? Why is the siiuaottn so acute?

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At the same time, a new reality, also driven by our __________ on fossil fuels, has been playing out in some of the richest countries in the world. In the UK, millions of people are coming face to face with the desperate reality behind the term "fuel _______." We've had stories about pensioners ______ public buses all day to stay warm, of local councils opening warm banks for people who can't afford to heat their homes. Before the UK government announced that it was going to freeze the unit _____ of ______ in what is considered to be the ______ most _________ policy ____________ since the Second World War, 40 _______ of people living in the UK were expected to be in fuel poverty by the end of this year. Even with that price freeze, 6.7 million households will struggle to pay their energy bills. How did we get here? Why is the _________ so acute?

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At the same time, a new reality, also driven by our dependency on fossil fuels, has been playing out in some of the richest countries in the world. In the UK, millions of people are coming face to face with the desperate reality behind the term "fuel poverty." We've had stories about pensioners riding public buses all day to stay warm, of local councils opening warm banks for people who can't afford to heat their homes. Before the UK government announced that it was going to freeze the unit price of energy in what is considered to be the single most expensive policy announcement since the Second World War, 40 percent of people living in the UK were expected to be in fuel poverty by the end of this year. Even with that price freeze, 6.7 million households will struggle to pay their energy bills. How did we get here? Why is the situation so acute?

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