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“Probably the single-most concrete and substantive thing an American, young American, could do to lower our carbon footprint is not turning off the lights or driving a Prius, it's having fewer kids...we'll soon see a market in baby-avoidance carbon credits similar to efforts to sell CO2 credits for avoiding deforestation.”

Quote by Andrew Revkin

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Andrew Revkin is a renowned science fiction writer, born in 1956. His works are known for their unique imagination and profound thematic exploration, which have won him a wide audience. more

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