Beto: There Are Only 10 Years Left To Free Ourselves from Dependence on Fossil Fuels

‘The scientists tell us there are only 10 years left within which to act to make sure that we free ourselves from dependence on fossil fuels, fully embrace the renewable energy technologies’

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O'ROURKE: "And then there's this. And I know that many here are tempted to feel this fear as well. The fact that we have the greatest set of challenges — of course, those I described or challenges like climate change which continues unabated, will consume the very communities in which we live, will undermine the ability to support life on this planet, and scientists tell us there are only 10 years left within which to act to make sure we free ourselves from dependence on fossil fuels, fully embrace renewable energy technology and the high-skill, high-wage jobs that come along with that. There is this fear that we will miss this moment, the last best hope of planet Earth right here in the United States, and we will squander this opportunity through the division, polarization and the forces that drive us apart in our very country right now, and we will not be up to this moment.”

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