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Al Gore: “We're borrowing money from China to buy oil from the Persian Gulf to burn it in ways that destroy the planet.”

On the recordJanuary 27, 2009
We're borrowing money from China to buy oil from the Persian Gulf to burn it in ways that destroy the planet.
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Al Gore
Democratic · Tennessee

Editor's note · Context

Critique of U.S. dependence on foreign oil and environmental impact.

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