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From the Ted Talk by Tessa Khan: How can we escape soaring energy bills? Stop using fossil fuels

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While pntcoiiilas and the fossil fuel industry's proxies might in this momnet, and indeed are in this moment, trying to dobule down on fossil fuel production as a solution to our sky-high energy bllis, they are about to find out in short order that in a moment of acute crisis like this, when millions of people are experiencing the ipamct in such a material and tangible way, there is no room for peddling false hope. There is nowhere to hide. And while oil and gas cmonpieas continue to record record profits off the same forces that are driving families all over the UK into dsaiepr, it will become even more clear, incontrovertibly clear, that boom times for the oil and gas industry are bad tmies for the rest of us.

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While ___________ and the fossil fuel industry's proxies might in this ______, and indeed are in this moment, trying to ______ down on fossil fuel production as a solution to our sky-high energy _____, they are about to find out in short order that in a moment of acute crisis like this, when millions of people are experiencing the ______ in such a material and tangible way, there is no room for peddling false hope. There is nowhere to hide. And while oil and gas _________ continue to record record profits off the same forces that are driving families all over the UK into _______, it will become even more clear, incontrovertibly clear, that boom times for the oil and gas industry are bad _____ for the rest of us.

Solution


  1. companies
  2. despair
  3. bills
  4. times
  5. moment
  6. double
  7. impact
  8. politicians

Original Text


While politicians and the fossil fuel industry's proxies might in this moment, and indeed are in this moment, trying to double down on fossil fuel production as a solution to our sky-high energy bills, they are about to find out in short order that in a moment of acute crisis like this, when millions of people are experiencing the impact in such a material and tangible way, there is no room for peddling false hope. There is nowhere to hide. And while oil and gas companies continue to record record profits off the same forces that are driving families all over the UK into despair, it will become even more clear, incontrovertibly clear, that boom times for the oil and gas industry are bad times for the rest of us.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations


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fossil fuel 4
fossil fuels 3
climate change 2
gas industry 2


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