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There are too many people, that's why we have global warming. We have global warming because too many people are using too much stuff.

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Ted Turner
Age: 86
Born: 1938
Born: November 19
Businessman
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Environmentalist
Media Proprietor
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Cincinnati
Ohio
Robert Edward Turner III
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