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From the Ted Talk by Monica Araya: A small country with big ideas to get rid of fossil fuels

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So what comes next? The people. How do we get people to own this? How do we get people to believe that it's possible to build a society without fossil felus? A lot of work from the ground up is needed.

That is why, in 2014, we created Costa Rica liipma. "Limpia" means "clean," because we want to empower and we want to inspire citizens. If citizens don't get egagned, calen transportation diesnoics will be bogged down by endless, and I mean endless, technical discussions, and by acanlveahs of lobbying by various established interests. Wanting to be a green country powered by renewables is already part of our story. We should not let anybody take that away from us.

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So what comes next? The people. How do we get people to own this? How do we get people to believe that it's possible to build a society without fossil _____? A lot of work from the ground up is needed.

That is why, in 2014, we created Costa Rica ______. "Limpia" means "clean," because we want to empower and we want to inspire citizens. If citizens don't get _______, _____ transportation _________ will be bogged down by endless, and I mean endless, technical discussions, and by __________ of lobbying by various established interests. Wanting to be a green country powered by renewables is already part of our story. We should not let anybody take that away from us.

Solution


  1. avalanches
  2. clean
  3. limpia
  4. fuels
  5. engaged
  6. decisions

Original Text


So what comes next? The people. How do we get people to own this? How do we get people to believe that it's possible to build a society without fossil fuels? A lot of work from the ground up is needed.

That is why, in 2014, we created Costa Rica Limpia. "Limpia" means "clean," because we want to empower and we want to inspire citizens. If citizens don't get engaged, clean transportation decisions will be bogged down by endless, and I mean endless, technical discussions, and by avalanches of lobbying by various established interests. Wanting to be a green country powered by renewables is already part of our story. We should not let anybody take that away from us.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations


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climate change 3
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renewable energy 3
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costa rica 2


Important Words


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