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One of the big questions in the climate change debate: Are humans

One of the big questions in the climate change debate: Are humans any smarter than frogs in a pot? If you put a frog in a pot and slowly turn up the heat, it wont jump out. Instead, it will enjoy the nice warm bath until it is cooked to death. We humans seem to be doing pretty much the same thing. – Jeff Goodell

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One thing you can say about nuclear power: the people who believe it is the silver bullet for Americas energy problems never give up. – Jeff Goodell

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