Think On A 50-year Scale, Which Is A Much More Natural Time-scale For Global Warming. The US Is Right Now Spending About 200 Million Dollars Annually On Research Into Renewable Energy. - SearchQuotes

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Think on a 50-year scale, which is a much more natural time-scale for global warming. The US is right now spending about 200 million dollars annually on research into renewable energy.

Bjorn Lomborg

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