“If you can frame climate change as an alternate religion, or as one more of those issues where the pointy-headed liberal atheist scientists are trying to discredit the Bible, then you've already got a ton of people on your side who are concerned about heresy, other religions, or teaching evolution in schools.” PeopleIfsTryingSchoolSidesIssuesTeachingEvolutionConcernedScientistClimateClimate ChangeAtheistHeresyYour SideDiscredit Author:Katharine Hayhoe
“I feel that one of the most important things I can do is connect climate change to the values, the faith, and the issues we already care about. And if, in the process, I have to sidestep around some very explosive mines, I will do that.” IfsFeelsI CanImportantCareValuesProcessCan DoIssuesMinesImportant ThingsClimateClimate ChangeExplosives Author:Katharine Hayhoe
“If we smoke, there's no magic number of cigarettes, or number of years, that we can smoke before we know we'll get lung cancer.” IfsKnowsYearsNumbersMagicCancerSmokeCigaretteLungsLung Cancer Author:Katharine Hayhoe
“One of the biggest issues with renewables right now is the fact that if the wind isn't blowing, if the sun isn't shining, we don't have energy. Many people are working on storage technology so when the wind isn't blowing, we can use the energy stored in our giant batteries, essentially. But what happens if we don't have enough stored energy?” PeopleIfsEnoughFactsUseHappensEnergyTechnologySunIssuesWindRight NowShiningGiantsBatteriesStorage Author:Katharine Hayhoe
“We're not paying a real price for carbon. If we were, we wouldn't be using as much. We need to have the right perspective. It's not just about next quarter's financial return. It's about where we want to be in ten years.” IfsWantNeedsYearsRealNextPerspectiveReturnTenFinancialQuartersCarbon Author:Katharine Hayhoe
“Where I live, if I put solar panels on my roof I'm not allowed to sell that energy back to the grid. I can't change that restriction myself. I need our local decision-makers to fix that.” IfsNeedsI CanEnergyDecisionSellsLocalsMakersRoofRestrictionCan't ChangeGridsDecision MakersSolar Panels Author:Katharine Hayhoe
