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From the Ted Talk by T. Boone Pickens: Let's transform energy -- with natural gas

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CA: But I don't think that's right, bnooe. I think you're a person who believes in your legacy. You've made the money you need. You're one of the few people in a position to really swing the dbatee. Do you support the idea of some kind of price on carbon? Does that make ssnee?

TBP: I don't like that because it ends up the government is going to run the program. I can tell you it will be a failure. The government is not successful on these things. They just aren't, it's a bad deal. Look at sorlndya, or whatever it was. I mean, that was told to be a bad idea 10 times, they went ahead and did it anyway. But that only blew out 500 million. I think it's closer to a billion. But Chris, I think where we're headed, the long-term, I don't mind going back to nuclear. And I can tell you what the last page of the report that will take them five years to wrtie will be. One, don't bulid a reformer on a flaut. (Laughter) And number two, do not build a reformer on the ocean. And now I think reformers are safe. Move them ianlnd and on very stable ground and build the rfreroems. There isn't anything wrong with nuke. You're going to have to have energy. There is no question. You can't — okay.

Open Cloze


CA: But I don't think that's right, _____. I think you're a person who believes in your legacy. You've made the money you need. You're one of the few people in a position to really swing the ______. Do you support the idea of some kind of price on carbon? Does that make _____?

TBP: I don't like that because it ends up the government is going to run the program. I can tell you it will be a failure. The government is not successful on these things. They just aren't, it's a bad deal. Look at ________, or whatever it was. I mean, that was told to be a bad idea 10 times, they went ahead and did it anyway. But that only blew out 500 million. I think it's closer to a billion. But Chris, I think where we're headed, the long-term, I don't mind going back to nuclear. And I can tell you what the last page of the report that will take them five years to _____ will be. One, don't _____ a reformer on a _____. (Laughter) And number two, do not build a reformer on the ocean. And now I think reformers are safe. Move them ______ and on very stable ground and build the _________. There isn't anything wrong with nuke. You're going to have to have energy. There is no question. You can't — okay.

Solution


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  2. write
  3. build
  4. solyndra
  5. inland
  6. fault
  7. boone
  8. reformers
  9. sense

Original Text


CA: But I don't think that's right, Boone. I think you're a person who believes in your legacy. You've made the money you need. You're one of the few people in a position to really swing the debate. Do you support the idea of some kind of price on carbon? Does that make sense?

TBP: I don't like that because it ends up the government is going to run the program. I can tell you it will be a failure. The government is not successful on these things. They just aren't, it's a bad deal. Look at Solyndra, or whatever it was. I mean, that was told to be a bad idea 10 times, they went ahead and did it anyway. But that only blew out 500 million. I think it's closer to a billion. But Chris, I think where we're headed, the long-term, I don't mind going back to nuclear. And I can tell you what the last page of the report that will take them five years to write will be. One, don't build a reformer on a fault. (Laughter) And number two, do not build a reformer on the ocean. And now I think reformers are safe. Move them inland and on very stable ground and build the reformers. There isn't anything wrong with nuke. You're going to have to have energy. There is no question. You can't — okay.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations


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bridge fuel 2
frack job 2
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