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From the Ted Talk by Al Gore: New thinking on the climate crisis

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But resnposes can actually make a huge difference in the poor countries. This is a ppoorsal that has been talked about a lot in eproue. This was from Nature magazine. These are concentrating solar, renewable energy plants, linked in a so-called "supergrid" to splupy all of the electrical power to Europe, largely from developing countries — high-voltage DC currents. This is not pie in the sky; this can be done.

We need to do it for our own economy. The latest figures show that the old model is not working. There are a lot of great investments that you can make. If you are investing in tar sands or shale oil, then you have a portfolio that is crammed with sub-prime carbon assets. And it is based on an old model. Junkies find veins in their toes when the ones in their arms and their legs csallope. Developing tar sndas and coal shale is the equaivnlet. Here are just a few of the iesvtenntms that I personally think make snsee. I have a stake in these, so I'll have a deilmciasr there. But geothermal, concentrating sloar, advanced photovoltaics, efficiency and conservation.

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But _________ can actually make a huge difference in the poor countries. This is a ________ that has been talked about a lot in ______. This was from Nature magazine. These are concentrating solar, renewable energy plants, linked in a so-called "supergrid" to ______ all of the electrical power to Europe, largely from developing countries — high-voltage DC currents. This is not pie in the sky; this can be done.

We need to do it for our own economy. The latest figures show that the old model is not working. There are a lot of great investments that you can make. If you are investing in tar sands or shale oil, then you have a portfolio that is crammed with sub-prime carbon assets. And it is based on an old model. Junkies find veins in their toes when the ones in their arms and their legs ________. Developing tar _____ and coal shale is the __________. Here are just a few of the ___________ that I personally think make _____. I have a stake in these, so I'll have a __________ there. But geothermal, concentrating _____, advanced photovoltaics, efficiency and conservation.

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But responses can actually make a huge difference in the poor countries. This is a proposal that has been talked about a lot in Europe. This was from Nature magazine. These are concentrating solar, renewable energy plants, linked in a so-called "supergrid" to supply all of the electrical power to Europe, largely from developing countries — high-voltage DC currents. This is not pie in the sky; this can be done.

We need to do it for our own economy. The latest figures show that the old model is not working. There are a lot of great investments that you can make. If you are investing in tar sands or shale oil, then you have a portfolio that is crammed with sub-prime carbon assets. And it is based on an old model. Junkies find veins in their toes when the ones in their arms and their legs collapse. Developing tar sands and coal shale is the equivalent. Here are just a few of the investments that I personally think make sense. I have a stake in these, so I'll have a disclaimer there. But geothermal, concentrating solar, advanced photovoltaics, efficiency and conservation.

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