Alternatives Quote by Gerard K. O'Neill

Growth has failed on its own terms. You can't have infinite growth in a world of finite resources.

— Andrew Simms

“The idea of unlimited growth... needs to be seriously questioned on at least two counts: the availability of basic resources and... the capacity of…

— Wayne Ellwood

“The Earth could not shoulder the weight of human error much longer, and unless action was taken soon, mankind would find itself suffocated in…

— Dylan James Quarles

There are no great limits to growth because there are no limits of human intelligence, imagination, and wonder.

— Ronald Reagan

It cannot be denied that for a society which has to create scarcity to save its members from starvation, to whom abundance spells disaster,…

— Arthur Eddington

Our population and our use of the finite resources of planet Earth are growing exponentially, along with our technical ability to change the environment…

— Stephen Hawking

There are no such things as limits to growth, because there are no limits to the human capacity for intelligence, imagination, and wonder.

— Ronald Reagan

Criticism of growth arose with the discovery that growth beyond a certain point is destructive of the earth. We are already using resources much…

— John B. Cobb

Man, the cutting edge of terrestrial life, has no rational alternative but to expand the environmental and resource base beyond Earth.

— Krafft Arnold Ehricke

Earth is abundant with plentiful resources. Our practice of rationing resources through monetary control is no longer relevant and is counter-productive to our survival.

— Jacque Fresco

“Limitless material growth is not sustainable or moral.”

— Bryant McGill

“Ecologically, bourgeois exploitation and manipulation are undermining the very capacity of the earth to sustain advanced forms of life. The crisis is being heightened…

— Murray Bookchin