“If you start any large theory, such as quantum mechanics, plate tectonics, evolution, it takes about 40 years for mainstream science to come around. Gaia has been going for only 30 years or so.” IfsYearsHas BeensTheoryEvolutionMainstreamQuantumPlatesMechanicQuantum MechanicsGaia 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
“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 it should have been rising - carbon dioxide is rising, no question about that.” WorldShouldYearsHas BeensShould HaveConstantRisingReasonableTwelveCarbonTemperatureShould Have BeenMillenniumCarbon DioxideAlarmists Author: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 - mine included - because it looked clear-cut, but it hasn't happened.” KnowsYearsBookProblemClearCuttingHappenedMinesYears AgoClimateAlarmists Author:James Lovelock
“We thought we knew 20 years ago. That led to some alarmist books – mine included – because it looked clear-cut, but it hasn’t happened. The climate is doing its usual tricks. There’s nothing much really happening yet. We were supposed to be halfway toward a frying world now. The world has not warmed up very much since the millennium. Twelve years is a reasonable time. The temperature has stayed almost constant, whereas it should have been rising - carbon dioxide is rising, no question about that.” KnowsWorldShouldYearsHas BeensBookProblemClearCuttingHappenedMinesHappeningsYears AgoShould HaveConstantClimateTricksSupposed To BeRisingReasonableUsualTwelveCarbonHalfwayTemperatureShould Have BeenMillenniumCarbon DioxideFryingAlarmists Author:James Lovelock
“Composing computer programs to solve scientific problems is like writing poetry. You must choose every word with care and link it with the other words in perfect syntax. There is no place for verbosity or carelessness. To become fluent in a computer lnaguage demands almost the antithesis of modern loose thinking. It requires many interactive sessions, the hands-on use of the device. You do not learn a foreign language from a book, rather you have to live in the country for year to let the langauge become an automatic part of you, and the same is true for computer languages.” ThinkingWritingYearsBookCountryUseProblemHandsCareLanguagePerfectLearningModernDemandComputerProgramSolveProgrammingDevicesLinksSessionComposingComputer LanguageForeign LanguageWriting PoetryAntithesisCarelessnessInteractiveSyntaxFluent Author:James Lovelock
“Only rarely do we see beyond the needs of humanity, and he linked this blindness to our Christian and humanist infrastructure. It arose 2,000 years ago and was then benign, and we were no significant threat to Gaia. Now that we are over six billion hungry and greedy individuals, all aspiring to a first-world lifestyle, our urban way of life encroaches upon the domain of the living Earth.” WorldWayNeedsYearsFirstsEarthChristianHumanityIndividualSixYears AgoThreatBillionsLifestyleSignificantHungryHumanistUrbanGreedyBlindnessLinkedInfrastructureDomainBenignGaia Book:The Revenge of Gaia: Why the Earth is Fighting Back and How We Can Still Save Humanity Source: The Revenge of Gaia: Why the Earth is Fighting Back and How We Can Still Save Humanity
“Geological change usually takes thousands of years to happen but we are seeing the climate changing not just in our lifetimes but also year by year.” YearsHappensSeeingLifetimeClimateClimate ChangeGeological Time Author:James Lovelock
