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Former vice president Al Gore laid down a green gauntlet Thursday,
challenging the nation to produce all our electricity from renewable sources,
such as wind mills and solar panels - and do it within a decade. In Washington
CBS News anchor Katie Couric spoke one-on-one with Gore, whose environmental
work earned him a Nobel Prize.
What follows is a full transcript of the interview.
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Couric: All right, Vice-President Gore, let me just ask you about this challenge
you've put forth today. And to briefly explain what prompted you to do this,
why?
Gore: We've got to end our dependence on oil and coal. They're rising rapidly in
price. That's why gasoline prices are going up, and that's why electricity rates
are going up. But the new demand for oil and coal from China and these other
fast-growing countries means that only way we're going ...