“If we gave up eating beef we would have roughly 20 to 30 times more land for food than we have now.” IfsLandEatingEnvironmentalGave UpBeef Author:James Lovelock
“Our future is like that of the passengers on a small pleasure boat sailing quietly above the Niagara Falls, not knowing that the engines are about to fail.” FallPleasureKnowingFailingEnvironmentalBoatOur FutureEnginesNot KnowingSailingPassengersNiagaraNiagara FallsSmall Pleasures Author:James Lovelock
“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 far latitudes - Canada, Iceland, Scandinavia, the Arctic Basin.” TodayEarthMillionsEnvironmentalPopulationBillionsCanadaSurvivorArcticLatitudeIcelandScandinavia Author:James Lovelock
“By 2040, the Sahara will be moving into Europe and Berlin will be as hot as Baghdad. Atlanta will end up a kudzu jungle. Phoenix will become uninhabitable, as will parts of Beijing (desert), Miami (rising seas) and London (floods). Food shortages will drive millions of people north, raising political tensions.” PeopleEndsMovingPoliticalMillionsSeaEuropeHotEnvironmentalLondonDesertTensionRisingFloodJungleBerlinPhoenixShortageMiamiBaghdadAtlantaBeijingSahara Author:James Lovelock
“Those who fail to see that population growth and climate change are two sides of the same coin are either ignorant or hiding from the truth. These two huge environmental problems are inseparable and to discuss one while ignoring the other is irrational.” TwoProblemSidesGrowthFailingHugeClimateEnvironmentalClimate ChangePopulationIgnorantHidingIrrationalCoinsInseparableTwo SidesPopulation GrowthEnvironmental Problems Author:James Lovelock
