Environmental concern is a phenomena that tends to rise in a nation after a certain level of wealth. — Ramez Naam Copy Share Image
I think the environmental movement is now so large and diverse that it's hard to talk of it as a single entity. — Ramez Naam Copy Share Image
Every state that addresses climate change emboldens the others, just as shifting public attitudes embolden politicians and, arguably, the court system. — Ramez Naam Copy Share Image
We know the climate is changing. We don't know if it will be really bad or nearly apocalyptic. Both are within the… — Ramez Naam Copy Share Image
You have to be able to generate usable energy without greenhouse gas emissions, and you have to be able to do it… — Ramez Naam Copy Share Image
Solar power is going to be absolutely essential to meeting growing energy demands while staving off climate change. — Ramez Naam Copy Share Image
Americans mostly now believe the climate is changing. They believe that humans are causing it, and they believe that it is a… — Ramez Naam Copy Share Image
The total amount of energy we use every year - from coal, oil, natural gas, hydro, nuclear, and everything else - is… — Ramez Naam Copy Share Image
What we want to do is put a price on greenhouse gases. Because if they're more expensive, businesses will find a way… — Ramez Naam Copy Share Image
You have to be able to generate usable energy without greenhouse gas emissions and you have to be able to do it… — Ramez Naam Copy Share Image
We must learn to set our emotions aside and embrace what science tells us. GMOs and nuclear power are two of the… — Ramez Naam Copy Share Image
Today, our incentives aren't set up well - you can make a lot of money burning fossil fuels, digging up wetlands, pumping… — Ramez Naam Copy Share Image
Across energy, food, transportation, housing, and all of that, very little of our progress is going to be through getting people to… — Ramez Naam Copy Share Image
On almost every environmental issue I care about, in fact, I've been wrong at one point or another. I used to think… — Ramez Naam Copy Share Image
Many of the most science-fictional tools to fight climate change are untested, are almost impossible to truly test at planetary scale -… — Ramez Naam Copy Share Image
If you had no new technology, and you powered society as we do today - mostly by fossil fuels - you'd have… — Ramez Naam Copy Share Image
Doom yourself to horrific climate change by burning all that carbon and releasing all that CO2. Or power down society, reducing total… — Ramez Naam Copy Share Image
We have climate change caused by greenhouse gas emissions, mostly from human power and transportation infrastructure. At the same time, we have… — Ramez Naam Copy Share Image
We have to slow down the emissions of carbon dioxide and methane from coal burning, oil and eventually natural gas... And the… — Ramez Naam Copy Share Image
Ozone and climate are global issues, and it's hard to find a way in which the benefits of shutting down carbon emissions… — Ramez Naam Copy Share Image
In the end, our minds and their ability to create new ideas are the ultimate source of all human wealth. That's a resource nearly… — Ramez Naam Copy Share
We're fortunate enough to live on a planet that's bathed in thousands of times more energy than we use and that's stocked with thousands… — Ramez Naam Copy Share
Technology is vital. We have to have development in new technology if we're going to solve these environmental problems without throwing humanity back in… — Ramez Naam Copy Share
We have to slow down the emissions of carbon dioxide and methane from coal burning, oil and eventually natural gas... And the best ways… — Ramez Naam Copy Share
I'm a geek through and through. My last job at Microsoft was leading much of the search engine relevance work on Bing. There we… — Ramez Naam Copy Share
Technology is incredibly powerful. And in many ways, the sky is the limit in terms of what you can actually accomplish with the right… — Ramez Naam Copy Share
On almost every environmental issue I care about, in fact, I've been wrong at one point or another. I used to think that climate… — Ramez Naam Copy Share
The accumulated knowledge of materials, computing, electromagnetism, product design, and all the rest that we've learned over the last several centuries converts a few… — Ramez Naam Copy Share
In the end, I expect we'll have AI that is better than we are at nearly every narrow task but which are still our… — Ramez Naam Copy Share
If we fix our economic system and invest in the human capital of the poor, then we should welcome every new person born as… — Ramez Naam Copy Share
We have climate change caused by greenhouse gas emissions, mostly from human power and transportation infrastructure. At the same time, we have 2 billion… — Ramez Naam Copy Share
Many of the most science-fictional tools to fight climate change are untested, are almost impossible to truly test at planetary scale - we only… — Ramez Naam Copy Share
If the incentives are aligned right - towards better preservation and restoration of nature and natural resources - then you'll see a tremendous amount… — Ramez Naam Copy Share
I've read science fiction my whole life. I never really dreamed that I'd be a published science fiction writer myself, but a short story… — Ramez Naam Copy Share
“We think of ourselves as individuals, but all that we have accomplished, and all that we will accomplish, is the result of groups of… — Ramez Naam Copy Share
