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If we had about 100 years, that sort of slow cultural conversion would be exactly the thing to do. But physics is calling the tune here. We've got to respond to a timetable that physics has set for us.
Bill McKibben
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Bill McKibben
Age: 63
Born: 1960
Born: December 8
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