Perhaps the single most important thing that we can do to undo the harm we have done is to fix firmly in… — James Lovelock Copy Share Image
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… — James Lovelock Copy Share Image
“City wisdom became almost entirely centered on the problems of human relationships, in contrast to the wisdom of any natural tribal group, where relationships… — James Lovelock Copy Share Image
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. — James Lovelock Copy Share Image
The oil companies regard nuclear power as their rival, who will reduce their profits, so they put out a lot of disinformation about nuclear… — James Lovelock Copy Share Image
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… — James Lovelock Copy Share Image
The tropical rain forests are a telling example. Once cut down, they rarely recover. Rainfall drops, deserts spread, the climate warms. — James Lovelock Copy Share Image
“When we burn fossil fuel for energy we are, in qualitative terms, doing nothing more wrong than burning wood. Our wrongdoing, if that is… — James Lovelock Copy Share Image
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… — James Lovelock Copy Share Image
By the end of this century, climate change will reduce the human population to a few breeding pairs surviving near the Arctic. — James Lovelock Copy Share Image
The world has not warmed up very much since the millennium. Twelve years is a reasonable time… it (the temperature) has stayed almost constant,… — James Lovelock Copy Share Image
By 2040, the Sahara will be moving into Europe and Berlin will be as hot as Baghdad. Atlanta will end up a kudzu jungle.… — James Lovelock Copy Share Image
“One of the striking things about places heavily contaminated by radioactive nuclides is the richness of their wildlife. This is true of the land… — James Lovelock Copy Share Image
