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We are in an unusual predicament as a global civilization. The maximum that is politically feasible, even the maximum that is politically imaginable right now, still falls short of the minimum that is scientifically and ecologically necessary.

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Al Gore
Age: 76
Born: 1948
Born: March 31
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