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From the Ted Talk by Shai Agassi: A new ecosystem for electric cars

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Now all you need is about 10 percent of the electricity generated. Think of it as a pcorjet that spans over about 10 years. That's one percent a year. Now when we're looking at solving big problems, we need to satrt thinking in two numbers. And those are not 20 percent by 2020. The two numbers are zero — as in zero footprint or zero oil — and scale it infinity. And when we go to COP15 at the end of this year we can't stop thinking of pdnidag CO2. We have to start thinking about ginvig kickers to conitures that are willing to go to this kind of scale.

One car emits four tons. And actually 700 and change million cars today emit 2.8 billion tons of CO2. That's, in the additive, about 25 percent of our problem. Cars and trucks add up to about 25 percent of the world's CO2 emissions. We have to come and attack this problem with a fuocs, with an efrfot that actually says, we're going to go to zero before the wrlod ends. I actually shared that with some legislators here in the U.S. I shared it with a gtlemnaen called bbboy Kennedy Jr., who is one of my idols. I told him one of the reasons that his ucnle was remembered is because he said we're going to send a man to the moon, and we'll do it by the end of the dacdee. We didn't say we're going to send a man 20 percent to the moon. And there will be about a 20 percent chance we'll recover him. (Laughter)

Open Cloze


Now all you need is about 10 percent of the electricity generated. Think of it as a _______ that spans over about 10 years. That's one percent a year. Now when we're looking at solving big problems, we need to _____ thinking in two numbers. And those are not 20 percent by 2020. The two numbers are zero — as in zero footprint or zero oil — and scale it infinity. And when we go to COP15 at the end of this year we can't stop thinking of _______ CO2. We have to start thinking about ______ kickers to _________ that are willing to go to this kind of scale.

One car emits four tons. And actually 700 and change million cars today emit 2.8 billion tons of CO2. That's, in the additive, about 25 percent of our problem. Cars and trucks add up to about 25 percent of the world's CO2 emissions. We have to come and attack this problem with a _____, with an ______ that actually says, we're going to go to zero before the _____ ends. I actually shared that with some legislators here in the U.S. I shared it with a _________ called _____ Kennedy Jr., who is one of my idols. I told him one of the reasons that his _____ was remembered is because he said we're going to send a man to the moon, and we'll do it by the end of the ______. We didn't say we're going to send a man 20 percent to the moon. And there will be about a 20 percent chance we'll recover him. (Laughter)

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  10. uncle
  11. project
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Original Text


Now all you need is about 10 percent of the electricity generated. Think of it as a project that spans over about 10 years. That's one percent a year. Now when we're looking at solving big problems, we need to start thinking in two numbers. And those are not 20 percent by 2020. The two numbers are zero — as in zero footprint or zero oil — and scale it infinity. And when we go to COP15 at the end of this year we can't stop thinking of padding CO2. We have to start thinking about giving kickers to countries that are willing to go to this kind of scale.

One car emits four tons. And actually 700 and change million cars today emit 2.8 billion tons of CO2. That's, in the additive, about 25 percent of our problem. Cars and trucks add up to about 25 percent of the world's CO2 emissions. We have to come and attack this problem with a focus, with an effort that actually says, we're going to go to zero before the world ends. I actually shared that with some legislators here in the U.S. I shared it with a gentleman called Bobby Kennedy Jr., who is one of my idols. I told him one of the reasons that his uncle was remembered is because he said we're going to send a man to the moon, and we'll do it by the end of the decade. We didn't say we're going to send a man 20 percent to the moon. And there will be about a 20 percent chance we'll recover him. (Laughter)

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