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> [A billion could live off the earth; 6 billion living as we do is far too many, and you run out of planet in no time.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-lovelock/a-billion-could-live-off-the-earth-6-billion-living-as-we-do-is-far/)

[James Lovelock](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-lovelock/)

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## More by James Lovelock

> [The Earth's population will be culled from today's 6.6 billion to as few as 500 million, with most of the survivors living in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-lovelock/the-earth-s-population-will-be-culled-from-today-s-6-6-billion-to-as/)

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> [“City wisdom became almost entirely centered on the problems of human relationships, in contrast to the wisdom of any natural tribal group, where relationships…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-lovelock/city-wisdom-became-almost-entirely-centered-on-the-problems-of-human/)

[James Lovelock](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-lovelock/)

> [You never know with politicians what they are really saying. And I don't say that in a negative way-they have an appalling job.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-lovelock/you-never-know-with-politicians-what-they-are-really-saying-and-i-don/)

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> [The oil companies regard nuclear power as their rival, who will reduce their profits, so they put out a lot of disinformation about nuclear…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-lovelock/the-oil-companies-regard-nuclear-power-as-their-rival-who-will-reduce/)

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> [If a power station were to be built down the road, I'd prefer a nuclear plant over an oil burner, and definitely over a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-lovelock/if-a-power-station-were-to-be-built-down-the-road-i-d-prefer-a/)

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> [The tropical rain forests are a telling example. Once cut down, they rarely recover. Rainfall drops, deserts spread, the climate warms.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-lovelock/the-tropical-rain-forests-are-a-telling-example-once-cut-down-they/)

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> [“When we burn fossil fuel for energy we are, in qualitative terms, doing nothing more wrong than burning wood. Our wrongdoing, if that is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-lovelock/when-we-burn-fossil-fuel-for-energy-we-are-in-qualitative-terms-doing/)

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> [I don't think we're yet evolved to the point where we're clever enough to handle a complex a situation as climate change. The inertia…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-lovelock/i-don-t-think-we-re-yet-evolved-to-the-point-where-we-re-clever/)

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> [By the end of this century, climate change will reduce the human population to a few breeding pairs surviving near the Arctic.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-lovelock/by-the-end-of-this-century-climate-change-will-reduce-the-human/)

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> [The world has not warmed up very much since the millennium. Twelve years is a reasonable time… it (the temperature) has stayed almost constant,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-lovelock/the-world-has-not-warmed-up-very-much-since-the-millennium-twelve/)

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> [By 2040, the Sahara will be moving into Europe and Berlin will be as hot as Baghdad. Atlanta will end up a kudzu jungle.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-lovelock/by-2040-the-sahara-will-be-moving-into-europe-and-berlin-will-be-as/)

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> [“One of the striking things about places heavily contaminated by radioactive nuclides is the richness of their wildlife. This is true of the land…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-lovelock/one-of-the-striking-things-about-places-heavily-contaminated-by/)

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> [Esso has been the main one in America spreading the disinformation that there is no global warming problem.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-lovelock/esso-has-been-the-main-one-in-america-spreading-the-disinformation/)

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> [Gas is almost a give-away in the U.S. at the moment. They've gone for fracking in a big way. This is what makes me…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-lovelock/gas-is-almost-a-give-away-in-the-u-s-at-the-moment-they-ve-gone-for/)

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> [I'm a scientist, not a theologian. I don't know if there is a God or not. Religion requires certainty. Revere and respect Gaia. Have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-lovelock/i-m-a-scientist-not-a-theologian-i-don-t-know-if-there-is-a-god-or/)

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