“It seems that, notwithstanding the dramatic increases in manmade CO2 emissions over the last decade, the world's warming has stopped.” WorldSeemsLastsIncreaseDecadesDramaticEmissionsCo2Co2 Emissions Author:Tony Abbott
“Even if you accept the theory of man-made climate change, wind turbines are a rotten way to reduce CO2 emissions, or to improve energy security.” IfsMenWayMadeEnergyAcceptingSecurityWindTheoryClimateClimate ChangeRottenEmissionsCo2TurbinesEnergy SecurityWind TurbinesCo2 Emissions Author:Roger Helmer
“To reduce modern climate change to one variable, CO2, or a small proportion of one variable - human-induced CO2 - is not science. To try to predict the future based on just one variable (CO2) in extraordinarily complex natural systems is folly. Yet when astronomers have the temerity to show that climate is driven by solar activities rather than CO2 emissions, they are dismissed as dinosaurs undertaking the methods of old-fashioned science.” TryingHumansShowsNaturalModernActivityMethodClimateComplexesClimate ChangeDrivenProportionJust OneFollyOld FashionedDinosaursEmissionsUndertakingsVariablesAstronomersCo2Co2 Emissions Author:Ian Plimer
“I think all countries need to aim to cut the CO2 emissions per person, taking account of externalities like imports and exports.” ThinkingNeedsPersonsCountryCuttingAccountsAimEmissionsImportsCo2Co2 EmissionsExternalities Author:Martin Rees
“What is the environmental policy of the Republican Party? When I ask that question, I get a blank stare, if I'm president of the United States, we're going to address climate change and CO2 emissions in a business-friendly way.” IfsWayStatesAsksPresidentChangeUnitedPartyUnited StatesPolicyRepublicanClimateEnvironmentalClimate ChangeStaringAddressesFriendlyBlankRepublican PartyEmissionsCo2Environmental PolicyCo2 EmissionsBlank Stares Author:Lindsey Graham
“Naturally, we will continue to offer very powerful vehicles in the future. Nevertheless, no other manufacturer has reduced the CO2 emissions of its fleet as substantially as the BMW Group.” PowerfulGroupsOffersVehicleNeverthelessVery PowerfulEmissionsCo2BmwCo2 Emissions Author:Norbert Reithofer
“Statistics compiled by the German Federal Motor Transport Authority highlight how successfully we have reduced fuel consumption. A few years ago, the CO2 emissions for the BMW brand were at well over 200 grams per kilometer. In 2009, that number was at 159 grams. This puts us below our direct competitors.” YearsWellsNumbersAuthorityYears AgoDirectBrandsFuelStatisticsConsumptionCompetitorsMotorTransportEmissionsHighlightsCo2BmwCo2 Emissions Author:Norbert Reithofer
“European carmakers pledged to reduce CO2 emissions by 25 percent from 1995 to 2008. We kept our word and reduced the value even more. This is not the result of short-term gimmickry. We decided years ago to develop the relevant models and engines, otherwise we wouldn't be able to offer them today.” YearsTodayAbleValuesTermResultsOffersModelsPercentYears AgoDecidedEnginesRelevantShort TermEmissionsOur WordsCo2Co2 Emissions Author:Norbert Reithofer
“We face the gravest threat that civilization has ever confronted. It's global in nature and requires a global solution. Increased CO2 emissions anywhere, whether from China or the United States or from one of the countries that is burning its forests like Brazil or Indonesia.” CountryStatesFacesUnitedUnited StatesCivilizationSolutionsThreatChinaForestsBurningIndonesiaEmissionsBrazilCo2Co2 Emissions Author:Al Gore
“It's important to see things in perspective. Automobile traffic is responsible for only 12 percent of total CO2 emissions. One should be able to point this out without being accused of changing the subject.” ShouldImportantAbleSubjectsPerspectivePercentResponsibleTrafficAccusedAutomobileEmissionsCo2Being AccusedCo2 Emissions Author:Martin Winterkorn
“The climate system is constantly readjusting naturally in a large way - more than we would ever see from CO2. The CO2 kick [impact of CO2 emissions] is extremely small compared to what is happening in a natural way. Within the framework of a proper study of the sun-climate connection, you don't need CO2 to explain anything.” WayNeedsNaturalSunStudyHappeningsConnectionsImpactClimateKicksFrameworkEmissionsCo2Co2 Emissions Author:Willie Soon
“The nuclear approach I'm involved in is called a traveling-wave reactor, which uses waste uranium for fuel. There's a lot of things that have to go right for that dream to come true - many decades of building demo plants, proving the economics are right. But if it does, you could have cheaper energy with no CO2 emissions.” IfsDoeUseDreamEnergyBuildingInvolvedProveWasteApproachEconomicsPlantWaveDecadesNuclearFuelCheaperEmissionsCo2DemosUraniumCo2 Emissions Author:Bill Gates
“Does it make more sense to provide air conditioning or to limit CO2 emissions. I vote for more air conditioning in these susceptible regions.” DoeAirLimitsVoteRegionsConditioningEmissionsSusceptibleCo2Air ConditioningCo2 Emissions Author:Judith Curry
“These proven positive consequences of elevated CO2 are infinitely more important than the unsubstantiated predictions of apocalypse that are hypothesized to result from global warming, which itself, may not be occurring from rising atmospheric CO2 levels. The aerial fertilization effect of atmospheric CO2 enrichment is the only aspect of global environmental change about which we can be certain; and to restrict CO2 emissions is to assuredly deny the biosphere the many benefits that accrue from this phenomenon.” MayImportantCertainLevelsResultsEffectsBenefitsConsequenceAspectEnvironmentalDenyRisingGlobal WarmingPhenomenonProvenPredictionsApocalypseEmissionsCo2EnrichmentBiosphereEnvironmental ChangeFertilizationCo2 Emissions Author:Keith E. Idso
“With this information, in light of the increasing human demands on vegetation, it is my personal opinion that capping CO2 emissions or reducing them to some prior level would be akin to 'biting the hand that feeds us.” HumansHandsLightWould BeLevelsOpinionInformationDemandReducingEmissionsBitingCo2VegetationPersonal OpinionsCo2 Emissions Author:Keith E. Idso
“I think any public policy that doesn't account for the fact that most CO2 emissions don't come from the United States, but they come from other countries, is a flawed policy. So let's not unilaterally tax our power, our people, to solve a global problem.” PeopleThinkingCountryStatesFactsProblemUnitedUnited StatesPolicyTaxesAccountsSolveOther CountriesFlawedEmissionsPublic PolicyCo2Co2 Emissions Author:Todd Young
“The pace of global warming is accelerating and the scale of the impact is devastating. The time for action is limited - we are approaching a tipping point beyond which the opportunity to reverse the damage of CO2 emissions will disappear.” ActionOpportunityImpactDisappearScalesDamageGlobal WarmingPaceReverseEmissionsTippingCo2Tipping PointCarbon EmissionsCo2 EmissionsCarbon Dioxide Emissions Author:Eliot Spitzer
“My view is that we don't know what's causing climate change on this planet. And the idea of spending trillions and trillions of dollars to try to reduce CO2 emissions is not the right course for us.” KnowsTryingIdeasCoursesViewsCrazyPlanetsDollarsClimateClimate ChangeSpendingEmissionsCo2Co2 Emissions Author:Mitt Romney
“CO2 is a minor player in the total system, and human CO2 emissions are insignificant compared to total natural greenhouse gas emissions. Therefore, lowering human CO2 emissions will have no measurable effect on climate, and continued CO2 emissions will have little or no effect on future temperature....While controlling CO2 emissions from burning fossil fuels may have some beneficial effects on air quality, it will have no measurable effect on climate, but great detrimental effects on the economy and our standard of living.” HumansMayLittlesNaturalQualityEconomyPlayerAirEffectsStandardsClimateBurningFuelGlobal WarmingGasMinorsInsignificantFossilsBeneficialTemperatureFossil FuelEmissionsStandards Of LivingGreenhousesGreenhouse GasesCo2DetrimentalBurning Fossil FuelsAir QualityCo2 Emissions Author:Jonathan Duhamel
“CO2 emissions have been increasing, but the rise in air temperature stopped around 2001. Climate change is due in large part to naturally occurring oscillations.” Has BeensAirClimateClimate ChangeDuesGlobal WarmingTemperatureEmissionsCo2Co2 EmissionsOscillation Author:Syun-Ichi Akasofu
“By using vertical space more effectively, you not only make more room for greenery but shorter commutes also mean less pressure on CO2 emission problems and by freeing up time now spent on unproductive commuter trains, people would have more options in their lives.” PeopleMeanProblemSpaceRoomsEnvironmentPressureInnovationTrainEnvironmentalEmissionsVerticalCo2UnproductiveGreeneryCo2 Emissions Author:Minoru Mori
“Absolutely love the new campaign from the Optimum Population Trust: do your bit for addressing climate change by having fewer children - or even no children. The lifetime CO2 emissions of a UK citizen amount to 750 tonnes (the equivalent - apparently - of 620 return flights between London and New York), so the extra 10 million by which our population will rise between now and 2074 will, over their lifetimes, emit around 7½ billion tonnes of CO2..."births averted" is probably the most single most substantial and cost-effective intervention that governments could be using” ChildrenGovernmentBitsMillionsNew YorkReturnAmountBirthCitizensCostLifetimeClimateClimate ChangePopulationLondonBillionsCampaignsFlightExtrasFewerInterventionEmissionsCo2OptimumCo2 Emissions Author:Jonathon Porritt
“The European Union and environmental advocacy groups use global warming hysteria to advance their own special agendas. The European Union recognizes any significant reduction in CO2 emissions by the United States will significantly reduce its economic output, thereby bringing it closer to the inferior output of European nations.” StatesUseNationsUnitedUnited StatesGroupsEconomicSpecialUnionsEnvironmentalSignificantGlobal WarmingAgendasInferiorsReductionEuropean UnionEmissionsHysteriaAdvocacyOutputCo2Co2 Emissions Author:Jay H. Lehr
“Undoubtedly, at the moment, the major cause of CO2 emission is what happens in developed countries.” CountryMomentsHappensCausesMajorsEmissionsCo2Developed CountryCo2 Emissions Author:Chris Patten