“Take the time to get it right. There'll be gas tomorrow night”
Source: The Boom: How Fracking Ignited the American Energy Revolution and Changed the World
“By the time the frackers are done in the other states our water will be worth more than oil.”
“I don't fear fracking. I fear carbon”
Source: The Boom: How Fracking Ignited the American Energy Revolution and Changed the World
“Fracking exemplifies the technological wager, by which I mean a gamble or even a faith that we can transform the world in the pursuit of narrowly defined goals and successfully manage the broader unintended consequences that result. In many ways, we are gambling on present innovations. I think that if we are to live with high technology we cannot avoid this wager. The question is whether we can establish conditions to make it a fair and reasonable bet. In the case of fracking, I will argue, these conditions are largely not in place (3).”
Source: A Field Philosopher's Guide to Fracking: How One Texas Town Stood Up to Big Oil and Gas
“Dans les sociétés où nous vivons, le souci de l'environnement ressemble à un chemin pavé d'écogestes insuffisants, dérisoires, et toute initiative isolée s'apparente à un sacrifice inutile.”
“Democracy let you choose to look up or don't look up, even at the end you have your rights, but for the south part of the world looking up is a form of rebellion. Seeing their end could be a light of hope.”
“Si vous n’agissez pas maintenant contre le changement climatique, toute votre richesse ne couvrira pas les frais médicaux de vos enfants.”
Source: L'humain Impossible: Cent Sonnets pour Ma Famille Mondiale
“Une espèce suffisamment capable de provoquer le changement climatique est également capable d’arrêter le changement climatique, mais seulement si nous réalisons nos erreurs à temps – et ce moment est venu, car plus tard, il sera trop tard.”
Source: L'humain Impossible: Cent Sonnets pour Ma Famille Mondiale
“You felt that your life would always be this way. Not as one day going by, and then another, but life as an ever-expanding single day. And yet, time did go by.”
Source: Nails and Eyes
“La nature n'a pas besoin de nous, mais nous avons besoin d'elle.”
Source: L'humain Impossible: Cent Sonnets pour Ma Famille Mondiale