“What we have lived through, the 20th century, has been like a great party. Adults now have had the best time humanity has ever had. Now the party is over and the Earth is reckoning up.” Has BeensEarthHumanityPartyCenturyAdults20th CenturyBest TimesReckoningGreat Party Author:James Lovelock
“Climatologists are all agreed that we'd be lucky to see the end of this century without the world being a totally different place, and being 8 or 9 degrees hotter on average.” WorldDifferentEndsCenturyLuckyDegreesAverageEnd Of The WorldDifferent PlaceHotter Author:James Lovelock
“We are the intelligent elite among animal life on earth and whatever our mistakes, [Earth] needs us. This may seem an odd statement after all that I have said about the way 20th century humans became almost a planetary disease organism. But it has taken [Earth] 2.5 billion years to evolve an animal that can think and communicate its thoughts. If we become extinct she has little chance of evolving another.” IfsThinkingWayNeedsYearsHumansMayLittlesSaidSeemsEarthChanceAnimalMistakeTakenCenturyDiseaseIntelligentCommunicateBillionsStatementsEvolveOddElitesOrganisms20th CenturyAnimal Life Author:James Lovelock
“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 tolerable.” PeopleDiesCenturyFoolRemainsClimateBillionsSmokePairsBreedingArcticTolerable Author:James Lovelock
“By the end of this century, climate change will reduce the human population to a few breeding pairs surviving near the Arctic.” HumansEndsCenturyClimateClimate ChangePopulationPairsSurvivingBreedingEugenicsArcticEnviromentalHuman PopulationEnviroment Author:James Lovelock
