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Anyone who would tackle our current addiction to fossil fuels is going to have to maneuver around denial.


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Unless we redesign our civilization in numerous ways, all of the science in the world won't save us.

Unless we redesign our civilization in numerous ways, all of the science in the world won't save us.



Trusting your energy policy to the fossil fuel lobby is like trusting your health care system to the tobacco lobby.

Trusting your energy policy to the fossil fuel lobby is like trusting your health care system to the tobacco lobby.



Perhaps we should put up posters in such places reminding people that where they stand was underwater the last time that the Earth ran a 3°F fever.

Perhaps we should put up posters in such places reminding people that where they stand was underwater the last time that the Earth ran a 3°F fever.



You can always spot the pioneers by the arrows in their backs.

You can always spot the pioneers by the arrows in their backs.



Carrying on as usual carries enormous risks, condemning today's students to a world of constant insecurity and frequent catastrophes.

Carrying on as usual carries enormous risks, condemning today's students to a world of constant insecurity and frequent catastrophes.



The real focus needs to be on political action to stop this runaway train, real soon.

The real focus needs to be on political action to stop this runaway train, real soon.



Our CO2 mixes with everyone else's within a year, then hangs around for centuries like a shroud.

Our CO2 mixes with everyone else's within a year, then hangs around for centuries like a shroud.



If we don't start thinking big about the CO2 problem, we may miss our opportunity to stop a climate runaway that will trash the habitable parts of the earth.

If we don't start thinking big about the CO2 problem, we may miss our opportunity to stop a climate runaway that will trash the habitable parts of the earth.



It's going to be like herding stray cats, and the political leaders who can do it will be remembered as the same kind of geniuses who pulled off the American Revolution.

It's going to be like herding stray cats, and the political leaders who can do it will be remembered as the same kind of geniuses who pulled off the American Revolution.



Countries that innovate first get the new jobs, developing an economic edge over the C-free laggards that end up having to later import the technology.

Countries that innovate first get the new jobs, developing an economic edge over the C-free laggards that end up having to later import the technology.





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The sword of destiny has two edges. You are one of them.

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The way we choose to see the world creates the world we see.

The way we choose to see the world creates the world we see.



When somebody promises to do something, you have to think about whether that's something that you would be willing to see happen because the powers are simply too vast.

When somebody promises to do something, you have to think about whether that's something that you would be willing to see happen because the powers are simply too vast.



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Some have courage in pleasures, and some in pains: some in desires, and some in fears, and some are cowards under the same conditions.

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Burn with that consuming fire of objectivity that forces a man to renew efforts that are doomed to failure.

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