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Quote by Albert Allen Bartlett

“Modern agriculture is the use of land to convert petroleum into food.”

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Albert Allen Bartlett was a scholar in an unknown field. He was born on March 21, 1923, and passed away on September 7, 2013. Due to limited information, details about his life, achievements, and impact are unclear. more

“Thirty years ago, if you said the country was living beyond its means, people would have thought about economics. Now, if you talk about the country, or the planet living beyond its means, you think about the environment. We are taking out more than we are giving back. We are consuming energy, water, and other natural resources in a way that is leading to huge and often irreversible damage to the planet. So too are most other developed nations. And so too will China and India if they follow the same path of economic development as us”

“It's time we admitted that there's more to life than money, and it's time we focused not just on GDP, but on GWB - general well-being.”

Wells Focused Well Being Gdp More To Life

Author:David Cameron

“I ask citizens and governments everywhere to do their part by conserving energy and reducing the use of fossil fuels for the good of the world community. This is our duty to those who share this world with us and to those who follow us: Wherever we see a threat to our environment we must take action”

World Use Government Action Asks Energy Community Environment Share This World Duty Citizens Threat Fuel Fossils Our Environment Reducing Fossil Fuel Conserving

Author:Arnold Schwarzenegger

“There are jobs, money and survival in renewable energy. Our only safe future is sun power”

Jobs Energy Sun Safe Survival Renewable Energy

Author:Dave Hampton

“It is a stark and arresting fact that, since the middle of the 20th century, humankind has consumed more natural resources than in all previous human history”

Humans Facts Natural Middle Century Resources Humankind 20th Century Human History Consumed Natural Resources Starks Arresting

Author:Margaret Beckett

“Our house is burning and we look elsewhere. Nature, mutilated and over-exploited, can no longer reconstitute itself and we refuse to admit it. Humanity is suffering. It is suffering from poor development, in the North as in the South, and we are indifferent. The Earth and humanity are in peril and we are all responsible. It is time now to open our eyes”

Looks Eye Earth Suffering Humanity House Poor Development Responsible South Refuse Burning Elsewhere Indifferent Peril

Author:Jacques Chirac

“Make the wrong choices now and future generations will live with a changed climate, depleted resources and without the green space and biodiversity that contribute both to our standard of living and our quality of life”

Choices Space Quality Generations Changed Standards Resources Green Climate Future Generation Quality Of Life Standards Of Living Biodiversity Wrong Choices

Author:Tony Blair

“Surely we have the wit and will to develop economically without despoiling the very environment we depend upon”

Environment Depends Wit Agriculture Sustainable Development

Author:Tony Blair

“Real progress cannot be measured by money alone. We must ensure that economic growth contributes to our quality of life, rather than degrading it”

Real Growth Quality Progress Economic Economic Growth Quality Of Life Degrading

Author:Tony Blair

“From my travels around the world I have seen how much damage and pollution is done by the careless disposal of waste. It is also evident that we in the West produce far more and throw away far more than the developing world, almost without thinking”

Thinking World Done Produce Waste West Around The World Developing Damage Pollution Evident Careless

Author:Michael Palin

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