We may achieve climate, but weather is thrust upon us.
Mankind is considered (by the radical environmentalists) the lowest and the meanest of all species and is blamed for everything.
Yet, despite our many advances, our environment is still threatened by a range of problems, including global climate change, energy dependence on unsustainable fossil fuels, and loss of biodiversity.
Environmental concern is now firmly embedded in public life: in education, medicine and law; in journalism, literature and art.
If we gave up eating beef we would have roughly 20 to 30 times more land for food than we have now.
We live in a world bathed in 5,000 times more energy than we consume as a species in the year, in the form of solar energy. It’s just not in usable form yet.
There are plenty of problems in the world, and doubtless climate change – or whatever the currently voguish phrase for it all is – certainly is one of them. But it’s low on my list.
Within 10 years it will be impossible to travel to the North Pole by dog team. There will be too much open water.
Unless we keep this planet healthy, everything else is for naught.
No one should be able to enter a wilderness by mechanical means.
I think so long as fossil fuels are cheap, people will use them and it will postpone a movement towards new technologies.
A knowledgeable and courageous U.S. president could help enormously in leading the world’s nations toward saving the climate.
Take air quality in the United States today: It’s about 30 percent better than it was 25 years ago, even though there are now more people driving more cars.
Local innovation and initiative can help us better understand how to protect our environment.
Why are ecologists and environmentalists so feared and hated? This is because in part what they have to say is new to the general public, and the new is always alarming.
In the environmental movement, every time you lose a battle it’s for good, but our victories always seem to be temporary and we keep fighting them over and over again.
I think the government has to reposition environment on top of their national and international priorities.
I don’t think we’re going to save anything if we go around talking about saving plants and animals only; we’ve got to translate that into what’s in it for us.
We can have technology, prosperity, nice homes and cars, but at the same time we must be conscious of what we are dumping into the water, the air and our food.
I think the future for solar energy is bright.
I see humanity now as one vast plant, needing for its highest fulfillment only love, the natural blessings of the great outdoors, and intelligent crossing and selection.
There is a muscular energy in sunlight corresponding to the spiritual energy of wind.
The quicker we humans learn that saving open space and wildlife is critical to our welfare and quality of life, maybe we’ll start thinking of doing something about it.
In fact, because of their connection to the land, farmers do more to protect and preserve our environment than almost anyone else. They are some of the best environmentalists around.
The cheapest natural gas in the world is in the United States.
