With taxes, if they aren't working right, we can change them with a stroke of the pen. It's basically a market-type mechanism.… — Paul R. Ehrlich Copy Share Image
There's all of this stuff where we have so much debate over nonsense; it could be cured if we had a better… — Paul R. Ehrlich Copy Share Image
So, regarding the time frame, I'm only too willing to admit that my crystal ball, like everybody else's, is cracked. If I… — Paul R. Ehrlich Copy Share Image
If we were redesigning around people instead of around automobiles, which I think the market is more or less going to do,… — Paul R. Ehrlich Copy Share Image
Sometimes I think the Congress feels that if you only decided tomorrow to switch to wind power that in two years we'd… — Paul R. Ehrlich Copy Share Image
Solving the population problem is not going to solve the problems of racism, of sexism, of religious intolerance, of war, of gross… — Paul R. Ehrlich Copy Share Image
I don't think scientists can dictate from above what we should do, because it's not a matter of scientific decision. If you… — Paul R. Ehrlich Copy Share Image
I thought if the climate was heating that CO2 was the only forcing, and it would be late in the century before… — Paul R. Ehrlich Copy Share Image
Recycling helps make people feel involved, and in some cases can be useful. Although you've got to do careful life history studies… — Paul R. Ehrlich Copy Share Image
Here's the scientific community saying, fundamentally, "If we don't change our ways, we're screwed." And they got no attention at all. Even… — Paul R. Ehrlich Copy Share Image
Chinese are already more on board than we are. China is the only country that actually discussed in formal government documents how… — Paul R. Ehrlich Copy Share Image
I kind of like carbon taxes because we already know how to apply them. We already have apparatus in place. When we… — Paul R. Ehrlich Copy Share Image
I'm sort of optimistic about what we could do, but I'm very pessimistic about what we will do. I can't tell you… — Paul R. Ehrlich Copy Share Image
We know that if you have $20 million, it's better to buy a van Gough print than it is buy an executive… — Paul R. Ehrlich Copy Share Image
We're never all going to agree with each other. We have to learn to value the diversity. It's one of the presumable principles of… — Paul R. Ehrlich Copy Share Image
With taxes, if they aren't working right, we can change them with a stroke of the pen. It's basically a market-type mechanism. People make… — Paul R. Ehrlich Copy Share Image
There's all of this stuff where we have so much debate over nonsense; it could be cured if we had a better educational system,… — Paul R. Ehrlich Copy Share Image
In ten years [i.e., 1980] all important animal life in the sea will be extinct. Large areas of coastline will have to be evacuated… — Paul R. Ehrlich Copy Share Image
So, regarding the time frame, I'm only too willing to admit that my crystal ball, like everybody else's, is cracked. If I could predict… — Paul R. Ehrlich Copy Share Image
If we were redesigning around people instead of around automobiles, which I think the market is more or less going to do, although too… — Paul R. Ehrlich Copy Share Image
Sometimes I think the Congress feels that if you only decided tomorrow to switch to wind power that in two years we'd be getting… — Paul R. Ehrlich Copy Share Image
Solving the population problem is not going to solve the problems of racism, of sexism, of religious intolerance, of war, of gross economic inequality.… — Paul R. Ehrlich Copy Share Image
Your children should have it impressed upon them that their adult life-style will bear very little resemblance to yours and that they should now… — Paul R. Ehrlich Copy Share Image
The mother of the year should be a sterilized woman with two adopted children — Paul R. Ehrlich Copy Share Image
It turns out the population issue is an easier thing to deal with than the consumption issue. Some obvious extremes in consumption we can… — Paul R. Ehrlich Copy Share Image
Overall, The Population Bomb was probably too optimistic. I was writing about climate change - Anne and I actually wrote the book. We discussed… — Paul R. Ehrlich Copy Share Image
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