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- I'm coming to you today
from the Colorado Rockies;

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which is a great backdrop
for talking to you

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about United's new commitment

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to be 100% green by the year 2050.

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And when we talk about being carbon free,

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we mean something different
than what you've heard

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a lot of other companies say.

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This problem has been building

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for the last two centuries.

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True sustainability is about taking

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on the biggest culprit in our industry.

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The emissions generated by our aircraft.

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And so the only way to really solve

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the climate change problem

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is through sustainable fuels
and carbon sequestration.

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We're not gonna do it the easy way.

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It's gonna take hard answers,

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hard solutions to solve this problem.

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But United Airlines is committed

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to doing the right
thing for the long term.

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Since the technology to
make our goal a reality

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doesn't all exist yet,

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we're going to help build it.

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As part of our 2050 commitment,

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we're gonna invest in a
carbon sequestration project.

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These are projects that
literally take carbon out

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of the atmosphere and
pump it into the ground,

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where it can stay for millions of years.

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I have six kids, with one on the way,

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and I want to leave this kind of backdrop

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for those seven kids,

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and their kids, and all
the generations to come.

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We are the ones

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that have to stop punting
the problems down the road.

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We can't continue to gradually evolve,

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and this is our chance
to start a revolution,

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and make a difference that will last

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for generations to come.

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While other airlines may
continue to offset the problem,

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we're going to work hard
to solve the problem

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before you even take your seat.

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After all, your journey begins

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before you board our
planes and so should ours.