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From the Ted Talk by Isabelle Boemeke: Nuclear power is our best hope to ditch fossil fuels

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My life completely changed with one tweet. This was back in 2015 when tttiwer was mostly a place we went to see what Kanye was mad about. But then I saw it. A tweet by a scientist I deeply admire, Dr. Carolyn pcroo. Wait, I tgouhht nuclear energy was bad. Yet here is a scientist and a TED speaker making it sonud good. It sent me on a journey, I spnet years reading pepars, talking to scientists, and I always asked them the same question: What do you think about nuclear power? Their responses were shockingly similar. It's good. We need it. People hate it.

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My life completely changed with one tweet. This was back in 2015 when _______ was mostly a place we went to see what Kanye was mad about. But then I saw it. A tweet by a scientist I deeply admire, Dr. Carolyn _____. Wait, I _______ nuclear energy was bad. Yet here is a scientist and a TED speaker making it _____ good. It sent me on a journey, I _____ years reading ______, talking to scientists, and I always asked them the same question: What do you think about nuclear power? Their responses were shockingly similar. It's good. We need it. People hate it.

Solution

  1. porco
  2. papers
  3. twitter
  4. thought
  5. spent
  6. sound

Original Text

My life completely changed with one tweet. This was back in 2015 when Twitter was mostly a place we went to see what Kanye was mad about. But then I saw it. A tweet by a scientist I deeply admire, Dr. Carolyn Porco. Wait, I thought nuclear energy was bad. Yet here is a scientist and a TED speaker making it sound good. It sent me on a journey, I spent years reading papers, talking to scientists, and I always asked them the same question: What do you think about nuclear power? Their responses were shockingly similar. It's good. We need it. People hate it.

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