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
CO2 is a minor player in the total system, and human CO2 emissions are insignificant compared to total natural greenhouse gas emissions.… — Jonathan Duhamel Copy Share Image
Burning fossil fuels is like breaking up the furniture to feed the fireplace because it's easier than going out to the woodpile. — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
People sometimes say we need to be really almost on a wartime footing if you want to change. Our whole economy is… — Elizabeth Kolbert Copy Share Image
Once the steam engine went away and we started moving into burning fossil fuels - not just burning them, but everything we… — Don Cheadle Copy Share Image
The truth is, natural organisms have managed to do everything we want to do without guzzling fossil fuels, polluting the planet or… — Janine Benyus Copy Share Image
Sure, you can say nuclear power is somewhat less carbon-intensive than burning fossil fuels for energy; beating your children to death with… — Rebecca Solnit Copy Share Image
Burning fossil fuels has given us the gift of seeing ourselves in new ways. But that very gift now enables us to… — Sylvia Earle Copy Share Image
We need to stop burning fossil fuels and utilize only wind, water, and solar power with all generation of power coming from… — Paul Watson Copy Share Image
All scientists who've looked at it know we have to phase away from burning fossil fuels. That means we've got to put… — Paul R. Ehrlich Copy Share Image
