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“In the United States, the largest amount of debt has been pulled up because of the purchase of foreign oil. We need to substitute renewable sources of energy — solar energy, wind energy and others — in place of the very expensive and dirty oil and coal that’s contributing to the debt crisis and the general financial crisis. It (the global financial slump) is in some ways a great opportunity for us to have these technologies before us… to revive economies.”

– Al Gore speaking via satellite yesterday during a new conference for the announcement of Live Earth India