"We've gone from thinking the fuels that powered……" — Thomas Friedman
"We've gone from thinking the fuels that powered our growth were inexpensive, inexhaustible and benign to understanding they are exhaustible, expensive and toxic. Once you frame the problem that way, people will look at solutions differently."
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