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For those of us who worry more about working people than about windfall profits for oil companies, it may net out. A better question is: what does it do to our economy if we manage to overheat the earth? This summer's drought provides a small taste.

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Bill McKibben
Age: 63
Born: 1960
Born: December 8
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