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From the Ted Talk by Craig Venter: On the verge of creating synthetic life
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Why do this? I think this is pretty obvious in trems of some of the needs. We're about to go from six and a half to nine billion people over the next 40 years. To put it in context for myself: I was born in 1946. There are now three pleope on the planet for every one of us that existed in 1946; within 40 yraes, there'll be four. We have trouble feeding, providing fresh, clean wtaer, medicines, fuel for the six and a half billion. It's going to be a stretch to do it for nine. We use over five billion tons of coal, 30 billion-plus barrels of oil — that's a hundred million barrels a day. When we try to think of biological processes or any peorscs to replace that, it's going to be a huge chalelnge. Then of course, there's all that CO2 from this material that ends up in the atmosphere.
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Why do this? I think this is pretty obvious in _____ of some of the needs. We're about to go from six and a half to nine billion people over the next 40 years. To put it in context for myself: I was born in 1946. There are now three ______ on the planet for every one of us that existed in 1946; within 40 _____, there'll be four. We have trouble feeding, providing fresh, clean _____, medicines, fuel for the six and a half billion. It's going to be a stretch to do it for nine. We use over five billion tons of coal, 30 billion-plus barrels of oil — that's a hundred million barrels a day. When we try to think of biological processes or any _______ to replace that, it's going to be a huge _________. Then of course, there's all that CO2 from this material that ends up in the atmosphere.
Solution
- people
- challenge
- years
- process
- water
- terms
Original Text
Why do this? I think this is pretty obvious in terms of some of the needs. We're about to go from six and a half to nine billion people over the next 40 years. To put it in context for myself: I was born in 1946. There are now three people on the planet for every one of us that existed in 1946; within 40 years, there'll be four. We have trouble feeding, providing fresh, clean water, medicines, fuel for the six and a half billion. It's going to be a stretch to do it for nine. We use over five billion tons of coal, 30 billion-plus barrels of oil — that's a hundred million barrels a day. When we try to think of biological processes or any process to replace that, it's going to be a huge challenge. Then of course, there's all that CO2 from this material that ends up in the atmosphere.
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