Climate Quotes by James Buchan

8 Climate quotes by James Buchan

James Buchan contributes eight brief observations on climate, each offering a thoughtful literary angle. This compact set serves as a handy primer for readers seeking his nuanced view.

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Europe and North America, we are told, are less dependent on energy-intensive heavy industry than in the 1960s and 1970s. It seems…

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A century ago, petroleum - what we call oil - was just an obscure commodity; today it is almost as vital to…

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Life without oil, in fact, would be so different that it is frightening to contemplate. We are addicted, and it is no…

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All UK nuclear power stations should be shut down without delay.

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There are signs that the age of petroleum has passed its zenith. Adjusted for inflation, a barrel of crude oil now sells…

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The use of refined petroleum as fuel, which began in the 1850s, freed hundreds of millions of people from the toil of…

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Nature is not simply a technical or economical resource, and human beings are not mere numbers. To suggest that one can somehow…

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Soaring prices for crude oil, falling production surpluses, wild speculation in commodities, a rush into the precious metals, turmoil in the Middle…

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“My wages came to me not to satisfy any need-- mine were anyway private, affectionate, atrocious-- but to make my needs universal: to incorporate…

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Almost all novels are improved by cutting from the top. On their first pages, authors parade those favourite effects which disgust the impartial reader.

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