“It takes 1,000 tons of water to produce 1 ton of grain. As water becomes scarce and countries are forced to divert irrigation water to cities and industry, they will import more grain. As they do so, water scarcity will be transmitted across national borders via the grain trade. Aquifer depletion is a largely invisible threat, but that does not make it any less real.” DoeRealCountryWaterCitiesProduceIndustryTradeThreatEnvironmentalInvisibleBordersGrainScarceScarcityImportsIrrigationNational BordersAquifers Author:Lester R. Brown
“In short: Readily available low-cost life insurance would be a threat to the industry, and whatever threatens the life insurance industry threatens America.” Would BeAmericaIndustryCostLowsThreatAvailable Author:Andrew Tobias
“Whenever Canada moves to protect its own industries and people, it is subjected to violent attacks in the U.S. Congress and to threats of economic retaliation.” PeopleMovingEconomicIndustryProtectThreatCongressViolentCanadaRetaliation Book:Memoirs of a Bird in a Gilded Cage Source: Memoirs of a Bird in a Gilded Cage
“Air pollution is not merely a nuisance and a threat to health. It is a reminder that our most celebrated technological achievements-the automobile, the jet plane, the power plant, industry in general, and indeed the modern city itself-are, in the environment, failures.” CitiesEnvironmentAirModernIndustryAchievementThreatPlantEnvironmentalPlanesPollutionTechnologicalRemindersAutomobileJetNuisancePower PlantsAir PollutionJet Planes Author:Barry Commoner
“There is nothing wrong with the planet. The planet is fine ... been here 4 1/2 billion years. We've been here, what, a 100,000 years, maybe 200,000. And we've only been engaged in heavy industry a little over 200 years. 200 years versus 4 1/2 billion. And we have the conceit to think that somehow we're a threat? The planet isn't going away. We are.” ThinkingYearsLittlesPlanetsFineIndustryThreatHeavyBillionsEngagedGoing AwayVersusConceit Author:George Carlin
“We do want people to know if in fact we learn of an incident that's focused on a particular city.If we learn of long-term planning, that's focused on a particular industry or infrastructure. And so we feel we have an obligation to let people know if we have information of a credible threat or not.” PeopleIfsKnowsWantFeelsLongFactsTermCitiesInformationParticularIndustryThreatFocusedPlanningObligationLong TermInfrastructureIncidentsCredible Author:Barack Obama
“Just try to keep the heart turned outward, as well as having moments inward. I think the threat of an industry like this is that you can become sort of self-obsessed. There's so much praise being given to you - there's a real threat of exalting the ego.” ThinkingTryingWellsHeartRealSelfMomentsGivenIndustryEgoPraiseThreatObsessedInwardSelf Obsessed Author:Kimbra
“The threats are coming to this country, which will, of course, increase the massive industry known as the anti-terrorism industry, and crush our civil liberties and civil rights, And it's devouring our priorities here in communities all over the country which are in such disrepair and are so neglected in terms of public works and public services.” CountryCoursesTermCommunityKnownLibertyRightsIndustryIncreaseThreatTerrorismPrioritiesCivil RightsCrushMassiveNeglectedPublic ServiceCivil LibertiesDevouringAnti Terrorism Author:Ralph Nader