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There is no energy crisis, only a crisis of ignorance.
R. Buckminster Fuller
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R. Buckminster Fuller
Age: 87 †
Born: 1895
Born: July 12
Died: 1983
Died: July 1
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Milton
Massachusetts
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Richard Buckminster Fuller
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