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From the Ted Talk by Katharine Hayhoe: The most important thing you can do to fight climate change talk about it

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What about those who don't have the resources that we have? In sub-Saharan afcira, there are hundreds of mlliions of people who don't have access to any type of energy except kerosine, and it's very expensive. Around the entire world, the fastest-growing type of new ernegy today is solar. And they have plenty of solar. So social impact investors, nonprofits, even corporations are going in and using innovative new microfinancing semches, like, pay-as-you-go solar, so that people can buy the power they need in increments, sometimes even on their cell phone. One cnopmay, Azuri, has distributed tens of thousands of uints across 11 countries, from Rwanda to Uganda. They etmaiste that they've powered over 30 million huros of electricity and over 10 million hours of cell phone charging.

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What about those who don't have the resources that we have? In sub-Saharan ______, there are hundreds of ________ of people who don't have access to any type of energy except kerosine, and it's very expensive. Around the entire world, the fastest-growing type of new ______ today is solar. And they have plenty of solar. So social impact investors, nonprofits, even corporations are going in and using innovative new microfinancing _______, like, pay-as-you-go solar, so that people can buy the power they need in increments, sometimes even on their cell phone. One _______, Azuri, has distributed tens of thousands of _____ across 11 countries, from Rwanda to Uganda. They ________ that they've powered over 30 million _____ of electricity and over 10 million hours of cell phone charging.

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What about those who don't have the resources that we have? In sub-Saharan Africa, there are hundreds of millions of people who don't have access to any type of energy except kerosine, and it's very expensive. Around the entire world, the fastest-growing type of new energy today is solar. And they have plenty of solar. So social impact investors, nonprofits, even corporations are going in and using innovative new microfinancing schemes, like, pay-as-you-go solar, so that people can buy the power they need in increments, sometimes even on their cell phone. One company, Azuri, has distributed tens of thousands of units across 11 countries, from Rwanda to Uganda. They estimate that they've powered over 30 million hours of electricity and over 10 million hours of cell phone charging.

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