“The e-mails are mainly about a controversy over a particular data set and the ways a particular small group of scientists have displayed that dataset.” WayEnergyEnvironmentGroupsParticularScientistClimate ChangeDataMailControversySmall Groups Author:John Holdren
“Reliable and affordable energy is essential for meeting basic human needs and fueling economic growth, but many of the most difficult and dangerous environmental problems at every level of economic development arise from the harvesting, transport, processing, and conversion of energy” NeedsHumansProblemEnergyDifficultGrowthLevelsEconomicDangerousDevelopmentEssentialsMeetingsEnvironmentalConversionAriseEconomic GrowthAffordableTransportProcessingEconomic DevelopmentHuman NeedsEnvironmental ProblemsBasic Human Needs Author:John Holdren
“Only one rational path is open to us - simultaneous de-development of the [overdeveloped countries] and semi-development of the underdeveloped countries (UDCs), in order to approach a decent and ecologically sustainable standard of living for all in between. By de-development we mean lower per-capita energy consumption, fewer gadgets, and the abolition of planned obsolescence.” MeanCountryOrderEnergyPathDevelopmentApproachStandardsRationalDecentFewerConsumptionAbolitionStandards Of LivingGadgetsSimultaneousObsolescenceUnderdeveloped CountriesEnergy ConsumptionPlanned Obsolescence Author:John Holdren
