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From the Ted Talk by George T. Whitesides: The growing megafire crisis -- and how to contain it

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Now the first two _________ that I've talked to you about are pretty well ______. The third one, innovative fire management, is somewhat more controversial, but I think it offers huge potential to address and solve the wildfire problem. What we need is __________ and technology that can rapidly detect and assess fire and then _______ put it out when it gets bad. And here, speed is _________, because when you're in the worst kind of fire days -- these are the hottest, ______ and windiest fire days -- if you can't bring fire management resources to a fire very quickly, then it is likely that you won't be able to contain that fire.

Solution


  1. innovation
  2. driest
  3. quickly
  4. paramount
  5. solutions
  6. agreed

Original Text


Now the first two solutions that I've talked to you about are pretty well agreed. The third one, innovative fire management, is somewhat more controversial, but I think it offers huge potential to address and solve the wildfire problem. What we need is innovation and technology that can rapidly detect and assess fire and then quickly put it out when it gets bad. And here, speed is paramount, because when you're in the worst kind of fire days -- these are the hottest, driest and windiest fire days -- if you can't bring fire management resources to a fire very quickly, then it is likely that you won't be able to contain that fire.

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