Home / Quotes / Quote by John Holdren

Quote by 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”

Quote by John Holdren

Author

John Holdren is an accomplished professor born on March 1, 1944. He has made significant contributions to the fields of environmental science, sustainable development, and energy policy. more

You May Also Like

“...the era of cheap oil and natural gas is coming to a crashing end, with global oil production projected to peak in 2010 and North American natural gas extraction rates already in decline. These events will have enormous implications for America's petroleum-dependent food system”

Ends America Natural Events Rate Productions Oil Enormous Eras Dependent Gas Decline Implications Natural Gas Petroleum Extraction Oil Production

Book:Peak Everything: Waking Up to the Century of Declines

Source: Peak Everything: Waking Up to the Century of Declines

“Britain has squandered its windfall of natural resources from North Sea oil and gas. Instead of prudently investing the 'unearned income' from nature, to build a safe, clean and green energy supply for the nation, we face unnecessary shortages. But there is still a chance to put the proceeds from liquidating our fossil fuel assets to better and more appropriate use. Instead of oil companies profiteering from climate change and oil depletion, a windfall tax could establish an Oil Legacy Fund to pay for Britain's urgent transition to a sustainable, decentralised energy system”

“Peak oil: The over-populated UK's ability to feed and supply itself for our privileged lifestyle requires the land and resources of other nations. Against a background of depleting oil resources, this is a dangerous strategy”

Nations Ability Land Dangerous Resources Strategy Oil Lifestyle Backgrounds Privileged Peak Oil

Author:Phil Harding

“We have a serious problem: America is addicted to oil... The best way to break this addiction is through technology.”

Way Problem America Break Technology Serious Addiction Oil Best Way

Author:George W. Bush

“Humanity is living off its ecological credit card and can only do this by liquidating the planet's natural resources.”

Humanity Natural Planets Resources Credit Cards Ecological Natural Resources Credit Card

Author:Mathis Wackernagel

“In a competitive world of limited resources, total freedom of individual action is intolerable”

World Action Individual Resources Limited Resources

Book:The Ostrich Factor: Our Population Myopia

Source: The Ostrich Factor: Our Population Myopia

“We must rapidly wean ourselves off our dependence on coal and fossil fuels.”

Fuel Dependence Coal Fossils Fossil Fuel

Author:Richard Branson

“The clearest evidence that we are living beyond environmental means is the threat of dangerous climate change. The scale of this threat, to human life and to the natural resources and assets on which it depends, for everything from oxygen and clean water to healthy soils and flood defence, means that this simply must be our top priority”

“Consuming three planets' worth of resources when in fact we have one is the environmental equivalent of childhood obesity - eating until you make yourself sick.”

Facts Three Childhood Planets Eating Resources Sick Environmental Consuming Obesity Childhood Obesity

Author:David Miliband

“We are living as if we had three planets' worth of resources to live with rather than just one. We need to cut by about two-thirds our ecological footprint. For that we need one planet farming as well as one planet living - one planet farming which minimises the impact on the environment of food production and consumption, and which maximises its contribution to renewal of the natural environment”