Carbon Quotes

377 Carbon quotes by 254 unique authors

A vegan in a Hummer has a lighter carbon footprint than a beef eater in a Prius. — Michael Pollan
Whether carbon dioxide is quite the environmental villain that some people make it out to be is not yet proven. — Tony Abbott
Another big problem with any Australian emissions reduction scheme is that it would not make a material difference to atmospheric carbon concentrations unless the big… — Tony Abbott
We can't conclusively say whether man-made carbon dioxide emissions are contributing to climate change. — Tony Abbott
I also think that if you want to put a price on carbon, why not just do it with a simple tax? Why not ask… — Tony Abbott
Carbon dioxide is....being portrayed as a pollutant; in fact, it makes things grow, and it is not toxic to humans. — Dana Rohrabacher
The hierarchy of relations, from the molecular structure of carbon to the equilibrium of the species and ecological whole, will perhaps be the leading idea… — Joseph Needham
In the Gaia theory air, water, and soil are major components of one central organism, planet Earth. What we typically think of as life -… — David Easton
Carbon is probably a bit harder to wrap since it's procedural. — Bill Hayden
The world has not warmed up very much since the millennium. Twelve years is a reasonable time… it (the temperature) has stayed almost constant, whereas… — James Lovelock
The problem is we don’t know what the climate is doing. We thought we knew 20 years ago. That led to some alarmist books –… — James Lovelock
And to use something as elegant as a tree? Imagine this design assignment: Design something that makes oxygen, sequesters carbon, fixes nitrogen, distills water, makes complex… — William McDonough
If climate change issues are not adequately addressed—if we keep running those nice energy subsidies, if the price on carbon is not adequately set, if… — Christine Lagarde
DEMAND, PURCHASE & USE LOW CARBON PRODUCTS AND SERVICES. MAKE LOW CARBON SEXY! — Christiana Figueres
The scientific facts indicate that all the temperature changes observed in the last 100 years were largely natural changes and were not caused by carbon… — Robert Jastrow
Why, for example, should a group of simple, stable compounds of carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, and nitrogen struggle for billions of years to organize themselves into… — Robert M. Pirsig
We now know that climate action does not require economic sacrifice. This is fully in line with the World Bank Group's findings. It is up… — Sri Mulyani Indrawati
Looking back, I underestimated the risks. The planet and the atmosphere seem to be absorbing less carbon than we expected, and emissions are rising pretty… — Nicholas Stern
This is sad. I just think it’s a little ridiculous we are still only looking at the surface of one another. Red hair? Blue hair?… — Hayley Williams
There is a spiritual capacity in carbon as there is a carbon component functioning in our highest spiritual experience. If some scientists consider that all… — Thomas Berry
If food was no longer obliged to make intercontinental journeys, but stayed part of a system in which it can be consumed over short distances,… — Carlo Petrini
Meatless Mondays is a dead-simple strategy. Anyone can do it, and it doesn’t require major sacrifice. Even if you eat a typical American diet replete… — Mark Bittman
Forget your environmental footprint. Think about your ethical footprint. What good is it to build a zero-carbon, energy efficient complex, when the labor producing this… — Cameron Sinclair
The moon, too, abases her subjects, but in the daytime she is ridiculous. Your dissatisfactions, on the other hand, arrive through the mailslot with loving… — Sylvia Plath
The night sky in North Korea might be the most brilliant in northeast Asia, the only airspace spared the coal dust, Gobi Desert sand, and… — Barbara Demick

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