Political action Quotes by William H. Calvin

Perhaps we should put up posters in such places reminding people that where they stand was underwater the last time that the Earth ran…

— William H. Calvin

Stopping emissions growth represents the most minimal of do-something responses.

— William H. Calvin

Since Serengeti-scale savanna scenes are only one or two million years old, our earliest after-the-apes ancestors didn't move into this scene so much as…

— William H. Calvin

Climate change has a very high procrastination penalty that just grows with each passing year of inaction - rather like what happens if you…

— William H. Calvin

Countries that innovate first get the new jobs, developing an economic edge over the C-free laggards that end up having to later import the…

— William H. Calvin

The real focus needs to be on political action to stop this runaway train, real soon.

— William H. Calvin

Anyone who would tackle our current addiction to fossil fuels is going to have to maneuver around denial.

— William H. Calvin

Carrying on as usual carries enormous risks, condemning today's students to a world of constant insecurity and frequent catastrophes.

— William H. Calvin

Even if we stop the growth, we'd still be adding a constant amount of fossil carbon to the atmosphere each year.

— William H. Calvin

“Our civilization will, of course, be "playing God" in an ultimate sense of the phrase: evolving a greater intelligence than currently exists on earth.…

— William H. Calvin

Trusting your energy policy to the fossil fuel lobby is like trusting your health care system to the tobacco lobby.

— William H. Calvin

“It takes a heavy commitment to quality education for all to avoid that stratification of society, those needless degrees of separation. But even the…

— William H. Calvin