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Talking nice about sun and wind and green jobs is just greenwash.


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Imagine a giant asteroid on a direct collision course with Earth. That is the equivalent of what we face now with climate change, yet we dither.

Imagine a giant asteroid on a direct collision course with Earth. That is the equivalent of what we face now with climate change, yet we dither.



We are on the precipice of climate system tipping points beyond which there is no redemption.

We are on the precipice of climate system tipping points beyond which there is no redemption.



It would be immoral to leave young people with a climate system spiraling out of control.

It would be immoral to leave young people with a climate system spiraling out of control.



Global warming has already triggered a sea level rise that could reach from 6 metres (19.69 ft) to 25 metres (27.34 yards).

Global warming has already triggered a sea level rise that could reach from 6 metres (19.69 ft) to 25 metres (27.34 yards).



What we are doing to the future of our children, and the other species on the planet, is a clear moral issue.

What we are doing to the future of our children, and the other species on the planet, is a clear moral issue.



How long have we got? We have to stabilize emissions of carbon dioxide within a decade, or temperatures will warm by more than one degree... We don't have much time left.

How long have we got? We have to stabilize emissions of carbon dioxide within a decade, or temperatures will warm by more than one degree... We don't have much time left.



What has become clear from the science is that we cannot burn all of the fossil fuels without creating a very different planet.

What has become clear from the science is that we cannot burn all of the fossil fuels without creating a very different planet.



It's as certain that as long as fossil fuels are the cheapest energy, we will just keep burning them.

It's as certain that as long as fossil fuels are the cheapest energy, we will just keep burning them.



We have at most ten years—not ten years to decide upon action, but ten years to alter fundamentally the trajectory of global greenhouse emissions.

We have at most ten years—not ten years to decide upon action, but ten years to alter fundamentally the trajectory of global greenhouse emissions.





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But what about the End of the Universe? We'll miss the big moment."I've seen it. It's rubbish, " said Zaphod, "nothing but a gnab gib."A what?"Opposite of a big bang. Come on, let's get zappy.

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I know I lost my temper, but I tried to be human along the way.

I know I lost my temper, but I tried to be human along the way.



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Some critics accuse capitalism of being a selfish system, but the selfishness is not in capitalism - it is in human nature.



You have been imprinted by people in this world who take power from others. Most people drain each other. Or, what is worse, they are draining you right now, psychically!

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Dreams don't have deadlines. Believe in yourself.



We do not heal the past by dwelling there. We heal the past by living in the present.

We do not heal the past by dwelling there. We heal the past by living in the present.



Roughly speaking, I think it's accurate to say that a corporate elite of managers and owners governs the economy and the political system as well, at least in very large measure.

Roughly speaking, I think it's accurate to say that a corporate elite of managers and owners governs the economy and the political system as well, at least in very large measure.



Why, what should be the fear? I do not set my life at a pin's fee.

Why, what should be the fear? I do not set my life at a pin's fee.




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