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“At the moment, the 4 percent of us in this country produce a quarter of the world's carbon dioxide - once you look at maps of rising sea levels and spreading mosquitoes, you realize that we've probably never figured out a way to hate our neighbors around the world much more effectively.”

World Way Looks Country Moments Hate Realizing Levels Sea Produce Percent Neighbor Around The World Rising Global Warming Maps Quarters Carbon Mosquitoes Carbon Dioxide

Author:Bill McKibben

“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.”

People Knows World Way Country Problem Crime Planets Happenings Percent Lifestyle Fuel Global Warming Carbon Fossils God Knows Poorest Fossil Fuel Carbon Dioxide Marginalized Affluent

Author:Bill McKibben

“The total efforts of the last 20 years of climate policy has likely reduced global emissions by less than 1 percent, or about 250 million metric tons of carbon dioxide per year.”

Years Lasts Effort Millions Policy Percent Climate Carbon Emissions Carbon Dioxide Metrics Kyoto Kyoto Protocol

Author:Bjorn Lomborg

“Although population and consumption are societal issues, technology is the business of business. If economic activity must increase tenfold over what it is today to support a population nearly double its current size, then technology will have to reduce its impact twenty-fold merely to keep the planet at its current levels of environmental impact. For example, to stabilize the climate we may have to reduce real carbon emissions by as much as 80 percent, while simultaneously growing the world economy by an order of magnitude.”

Source: Capitalism at the Crossroads: Next Generation Business Strategies for a Post-Crisis World

“1.5 billion people lack proper access to electricity. Many buy kerosene, which can cost 30 percent of their income. It sends millions of metric tons of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere every year. And often the lamp will fall over and catch the house on fire. So mothers hate it, but it's their only option.”

People Years Mother Hate Fall House Millions Fire Cost Percent Access Billions Income Atmosphere Electricity Carbon Lamps Carbon Dioxide Metrics

Author:Jacqueline Novogratz

“We need a firm cap on carbon emissions from fossil fuels. No coal, oil, or gas could enter the economy until the buyer had a permit. All permits would be auctioned by the federal government, and the number of permits auctioned would be decreased by three percent per year. Permits could be traded, but they could not be created out of whole cloth by companies that plant forests or dump iron filings at sea.”

“China is building cities for a 20 to 40 percent increase in population. India is quickly growing. The carbon footprints of that and other development around the world are overwhelming.”

World Cities Growing Building Development Percent India Increase Population China Around The World Overwhelming Carbon Footprint Carbon Footprint

Author:Frank Gehry

“Think of the actual physical elements that compose our bodies: we are 98 percent hydrogen and oxygen and carbon. That's table sugar. You are made of the same stuff as table sugar. Just a couple of tiny differences here and there and look what happened to the sugar: it can stand upright and send tweets.”

Thinking Looks Made Body Stuff Differences Happened Couple Elements Percent Tables Tiny Sugar Carbon Oxygen Here And There Tweet Hydrogen

Book:This Is How: Proven Aid in Overcoming Shyness, Molestation, Fatness, Spinsterhood, Grief, Disease, Lushery, Decrepitude & More. For Young and Old Alike.

Source: This Is How: Proven Aid in Overcoming Shyness, Molestation, Fatness, Spinsterhood, Grief, Disease, Lushery, Decrepitude & More. For Young and Old Alike.