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
We are in a fool's climate, accidentally kept cool by smoke, and before this century is over billions of us will die and the few breeding pairs of people that survive will be in the Arctic where the climate remains… — 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
