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Bill McKibben Quotes: When we think about global warming at all, the arguments tend to be ideological, theological and economic.
         

When we think about global warming at all, the arguments tend to be ideological, theological and economic.


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The real negotiation is between humans on the one hand and chemistry and physics on the other. And chemistry and physics, unfortunately, don't bargain.



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