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From the Ted Talk by Kevin Surace: Eco-friendly drywall

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But this has a huge, huge impact on the environment. We sngeid the first panel just a few weeks after that, had a great signing ceeromny, leading to people hopefully using these products across the world. And we've got Cradle-to-Cradle Gold on this thing. We happened to win, just recently, the Green Product of the Year for "The Re-Invention of Drywall," from Popular Science. Thank you. Thank you. So here is what we learned: 8,000 glolnas of gas equivalent to build one hsoue. You probably had no idea. It's like driving around the world six times.

We must change everything. Look around the room: chairs, wood, everything around us has to change or we're not going to lick this problem. Don't listen to the poeple who say you can't do this, because anyone can. And these job losses, we can fix them with green-collar jobs. We've got four ptalns. We're building this stuff around the country. We're going as fast as we can. Two and a half mliioln cars worth of gsyupm, you know, CO2 generated. Right? So what will you do? I'll tell you what I did and why I did it. And I know my time's up.

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But this has a huge, huge impact on the environment. We ______ the first panel just a few weeks after that, had a great signing ________, leading to people hopefully using these products across the world. And we've got Cradle-to-Cradle Gold on this thing. We happened to win, just recently, the Green Product of the Year for "The Re-Invention of Drywall," from Popular Science. Thank you. Thank you. So here is what we learned: 8,000 _______ of gas equivalent to build one _____. You probably had no idea. It's like driving around the world six times.

We must change everything. Look around the room: chairs, wood, everything around us has to change or we're not going to lick this problem. Don't listen to the ______ who say you can't do this, because anyone can. And these job losses, we can fix them with green-collar jobs. We've got four ______. We're building this stuff around the country. We're going as fast as we can. Two and a half _______ cars worth of ______, you know, CO2 generated. Right? So what will you do? I'll tell you what I did and why I did it. And I know my time's up.

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  5. gallons
  6. gypsum
  7. ceremony
  8. house

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But this has a huge, huge impact on the environment. We signed the first panel just a few weeks after that, had a great signing ceremony, leading to people hopefully using these products across the world. And we've got Cradle-to-Cradle Gold on this thing. We happened to win, just recently, the Green Product of the Year for "The Re-Invention of Drywall," from Popular Science. Thank you. Thank you. So here is what we learned: 8,000 gallons of gas equivalent to build one house. You probably had no idea. It's like driving around the world six times.

We must change everything. Look around the room: chairs, wood, everything around us has to change or we're not going to lick this problem. Don't listen to the people who say you can't do this, because anyone can. And these job losses, we can fix them with green-collar jobs. We've got four plants. We're building this stuff around the country. We're going as fast as we can. Two and a half million cars worth of gypsum, you know, CO2 generated. Right? So what will you do? I'll tell you what I did and why I did it. And I know my time's up.

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