“The single biggest impact a person can have on the Earth is driving a car, either driving a fuel-efficient car or just driving it less.”

—  Bill Nye

[NewsBank, Nye: We must all save the Earth, The Madison Courier, Madison, Indiana, February 21, 2009, Pat Whitney]

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