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Sunday, 18 July 2010

fossil fuel addiction

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the latest example of how our apparently unquenchable thirst for fuel is driving us into ever more difficult and dangerous territory, risking even more damaging spills than the one that has been gushing into the Gulf.
Posted by freewheeler at 10:31
Labels: car dependency, impending climate catastrophe
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