Home / Quotes / Quote by Mark Lynas

Quote by Mark Lynas

“At 1.24 am on 26 April 1986 Chernobyl’s Unit 4 reactor exploded after staff disabled safety systems and performed an ill-advised experiment to check – ironically enough – the reactor’s safety.”

Quote by Mark Lynas

Author

Mark Lynas is a British author born in 1973. His works primarily focus on environmental, food, and scientific issues. Lynas is known for his in-depth research on genetically modified crops and sustainable agriculture. more

You May Also Like

“I discovered science, and in the process I hope I became a better environmentalist.”

Process Environmentalist

Author:Mark Lynas

“We no longer need to discuss whether or not it is safe – over a decade and a half with three trillion GM meals eaten there has never been a single substantiated case of harm. You are more likely to get hit by an asteroid than to get hurt by GM food.”

Needs Three Hurt Half Cases Safe Harm Decades Meals Asteroids

Author:Mark Lynas

“For a long time, I couldn't even afford food and clothing. I climbed from the very bottom of the society.”

Long Long Time Bottom Clothings

Author:Zong Qinghou

“The public doesn’t have to be hostile to the rich. ‘Robbing the rich to help the poor’ will only drive the rich away to other countries along with their money. As a matter of fact, their wealth should be respected. All wealth in China belongs to the country.”

Should Country Matter Facts Helping Wealth Poor Rich China Other Countries Hostile Matter Of Fact Robbing Help The Poor

Author:Zong Qinghou

“Hire the best talent to tell the story, or the view is great from my hotel.”

Stories Views Talent Hotel

Author:Komla Dumor

“There's so much more to tell about Africa than the usual stories about war, famine and disease.”

War Stories Disease Usual Famine

Author:Komla Dumor

“I have been probing the arguments for global warming for well over a decade. In collaboration with a lot of excellent coauthors I have consistently found that when the layers get peeled back, what lies at the core is either flawed, misleading or simply non-existent.”

Wells Has Beens Lying Found Argument Decades Core Excellent Global Warming Collaboration Layers Consistently Flawed Mislead Probing

Author:Ross McKitrick

“The laws of physics are not about to change. Set your agenda by what’s happening in the atmosphere, not by what is happening in the artificial world of Kyoto.”

World Law Happenings Physics Atmosphere Agendas Artificial Laws Of Physics Kyoto Kyoto Protocol

Author:Ross McKitrick

“The overall effect of the GEA will be to increase unit production costs, diminish competitiveness, cut the rate of return to capital in key sectors, reduce employment, and make households worse off.”

Cutting Effects Keys Return Cost Increase Rate Productions Employment Household Units Diminish Competitiveness

Author:Ross McKitrick

“If you think that [Yale professor James] Saiers is in the greenhouse sceptics camp, then, if we can find documentary evidence of this, we could go through official AGU channels to get him ousted.”

Ifs Thinking Evidence Officials Professors Camps Documentaries Skeptic Greenhouses Yale

Author:Tom Wigley