“We have climate change caused by greenhouse gas emissions, mostly from human power and transportation infrastructure. At the same time, we have 2 billion people who live in energy poverty.” PeopleHumansEnergyPovertyClimateClimate ChangeBillionsGasInfrastructureTransportationEmissionsGreenhousesGreenhouse GasesHuman PowerTransportation Infrastructure Author:Ramez Naam
“Doom yourself to horrific climate change by burning all that carbon and releasing all that CO2. Or power down society, reducing total energy usage around the planet. One leads to ecological collapse. The other is a reversion, in many ways, to poverty.” WayEnergyPovertyPlanetsClimateClimate ChangeBurningCollapseCarbonDoomReducingEcologicalUsageHorrificCo2 Author:Ramez Naam
“On almost every environmental issue I care about, in fact, I've been wrong at one point or another. I used to think that climate change was no big deal, that most environmental problems were massive exaggerations, that oil reserves were effectively unlimited, and more.” ThinkingFactsProblemBigsCareUsedDealsIssuesClimateEnvironmentalClimate ChangeOilMassiveReservesI CareUnlimitedBig DealExaggerationEnvironmental ProblemsEnvironmental Issues Author:Ramez Naam