Unfortunately the conversation has yielded few solutions beyond pay-per-use toilets that the poor must walk miles to access.

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"That's when I sat back and said, I just started a conversation about global warming and climate change and the parts per million of CO2 in our atmosphere on a NASCAR forum, " she said.

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