“To control global warming, only one solution: stop burning fossil fuels.”

— Jacques Dubochet

French: Pour maîtriser le réchauffement climatique, une seule solution : arrêter de brûler les combustibles fossiles [...].
Source, in French: Jacques Dubochet, Parcours, Éditions Rosso, 2018, page 153 (ISBN 9782940560097).

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