Fill in the gaps with the correct form of the word or with the correct form of the verb in brackets. Form an adjective to make the sentences complete.
The debate on whether Australia (have)______________ a nation-wide carbon trading scheme soon ended last week with the government committed to (a\an \--) ___________ national emissions scheme from 2012. However, the decision-making as to how we power the economy in a carbon constrained world (only \ just begin) _____________________ Fossil fuels like coal and oil have underpinned our economic growth and standard (of \for\ in) ______________ living for decades. The current resources boom is there because other countries want our fossil fuels, and for all these reasons it is profitable to keep mining (them\ it) __________Ironically, the income may help develop the technologies to replace them, but it is a matter of which and when. Almost certainly, in the race to reduce emissions, new technologies (such as\ like\ as) ____________solar, wind and geothermal (heat from rocks) power will compete against gas, clean coal and perhaps nuclear energy to win the hearts and minds of the business world. (At \In) _________the end, business will favour whatever is a cheap, abundant and (rely) ______________solution. You can imagine the lobbying that will ensue from the different interest groups, to attract business capital and government support so that their technology (win) ______________________out. (It\ There) ___________ may be many collapsed ventures and lost fortunes along the way.