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From the Ted Talk by Adetayo Bamiduro: Africa's path to clean mobility -- driven by motorcycles

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Enter the African motorcycle taxi driver. dirnivg on two and three wheels, they race through the congested streets of Africa, getting people and goods to where they need to be. Unfortunately, these drivers are excluded from the formal economy. Unable to afford to buy clean, efficient vehicles, they are left to rent old gas engines from exploitative loan sharks. Because of this tough situation that these drivers endure, they are often left to fend for themselves. Part of what they also enrude and suffer is high cost of operations from these exlavotpiite loan sharks. And also, these drevris pollute the einrenonmvt. If nothing is done, puloolitn from two- and three-wheeled vehicles in Africa will hit 1.7 giategnons of emissions every year, according to our etsmateis. This is equivalent to pollution from two million Boeing 737 alrneaips, every single year.

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Enter the African motorcycle taxi driver. _______ on two and three wheels, they race through the congested streets of Africa, getting people and goods to where they need to be. Unfortunately, these drivers are excluded from the formal economy. Unable to afford to buy clean, efficient vehicles, they are left to rent old gas engines from exploitative loan sharks. Because of this tough situation that these drivers endure, they are often left to fend for themselves. Part of what they also ______ and suffer is high cost of operations from these ____________ loan sharks. And also, these _______ pollute the ___________. If nothing is done, _________ from two- and three-wheeled vehicles in Africa will hit 1.7 __________ of emissions every year, according to our _________. This is equivalent to pollution from two million Boeing 737 _________, every single year.

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  1. pollution
  2. environment
  3. airplanes
  4. estimates
  5. drivers
  6. gigatonnes
  7. driving
  8. exploitative
  9. endure

Original Text


Enter the African motorcycle taxi driver. Driving on two and three wheels, they race through the congested streets of Africa, getting people and goods to where they need to be. Unfortunately, these drivers are excluded from the formal economy. Unable to afford to buy clean, efficient vehicles, they are left to rent old gas engines from exploitative loan sharks. Because of this tough situation that these drivers endure, they are often left to fend for themselves. Part of what they also endure and suffer is high cost of operations from these exploitative loan sharks. And also, these drivers pollute the environment. If nothing is done, pollution from two- and three-wheeled vehicles in Africa will hit 1.7 gigatonnes of emissions every year, according to our estimates. This is equivalent to pollution from two million Boeing 737 airplanes, every single year.

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