“These things are happening in large measure because of us. We in this country burn 25 percent of the world's fossil fuel, create 25 percent of the world's carbon dioxide. It is us - it is the affluent lifestyles that we lead that overwhelmingly contribute to this problem. And to call it a problem is to understate what it really is. Which is a crime. Crime against the poorest and most marginalized people on this planet. We've never figured out, though God knows we've tried, a more effective way to destroy their lives.” PeopleKnowsWorldWayCountryProblemCrimePlanetsHappeningsPercentLifestyleFuelGlobal WarmingCarbonFossilsGod KnowsPoorestFossil FuelCarbon DioxideMarginalizedAffluent Author:Bill McKibben
“I think it's crazy for us to play games with our children's future. We know what's happening to the climate, we have a highly predictable set of consequences if we continue to pour greenhouse gases into the atmosphere.” IfsThinkingKnowsChildrenPlayGamesCrazyHappeningsConsequenceOur ChildrenClimateAtmosphereGlobal WarmingPredictableGreenhousesGreenhouse Gases Author:William J. Clinton
“I think that movies can help guide us through those experiences [the problems that are happening in our daily lives, the stresses between countries, the economy and global warming]. I think all art tries to grapple with, redefine, come to terms with, express what's happening now when it's working. You can be entertained, but you can also be stimulated to think about things.” ThinkingTryingArtCountryHelpingProblemTermEconomyHappeningsStressGuidesGlobal WarmingDaily Life Author:Nicolas Cage
“It's likely that CO2 has some warming effect, but real proof of that hypothesis is tricky. You have to confirm by observation exactly how the CO2 changes the situation at different altitudes in the atmosphere and in different regions of the world. For example, CO2 is supposed to warm the upper air faster than the surface, but the measurements don't show that happening. When the CO2 effect is eventually pinned down, it will probably turn out to be weaker and much less worrisome than predicted by the global warming theorists.” WorldDifferentRealShowsTurnsSituationAirEffectsExampleHappeningsWarmSurfaceProofObservationFasterAtmosphereGlobal WarmingRegionsHypothesisMeasurementTrickyTheoristsCo2 Author:Nigel Calder
“There's so many things happening with computers and what-not, where we may be able to live until 150 and even longer, but if the planet's not here for us to live on it, if we burn ourselves out from global warming and everything else, if we don't figure that out, if we don't figure out an alternative form of energy, I think we're in big, fat trouble.” IfsThinkingMayBigsAbleFormEnergyTroubleFiguresPlanetsComputerHappeningsThings HappenFatsAlternativesGlobal Warming Author:Lisa Rinna
“It was not that long ago a bunch of researchers got on a boat and started chugging for the South Pole to find evidence of the melting glaciers and global warming, and they got stuck in the ice and it took three ice breakers and a helicopter to rescue them. Yet they still carry the day in the pop culture that global warming is happening.” LongStillsCultureThreeHappeningsEvidenceSouthPopsStuckBunchBoatIceGlobal WarmingRescueLong AgoPop CultureMeltingResearchersHelicoptersGlaciersIce Breaker Author:Rush Limbaugh