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I like the analogy that the way that we live in Western Society, the energy that we consume in the form of fossil fuels, is the energy equivalent in pre-fossil fuel terms of having 500 slaves.
John Lindsay
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John Lindsay
Age: 79 †
Born: 1921
Born: November 24
Died: 2000
Died: December 19
Former U.S. Congressman
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New York City
New York
Mayor Lindsay
John V. Lindsay
John V Lindsay
JVL
John Vliet Lindsay
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