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Quote by Garrett Hardin
In a finite world this means that the per capita share of the worl

In a finite world this means that the per capita share of the worlds goods must steadily decrease. – Garrett Hardin

Other quotes by Garrett Hardin

The god who is reputed to have created fleas to keep dogs from moping over their situation must also have created fundamentalists to keep rationalists from getting flabby. Let us be duly thankful for out blessings. – Garrett Hardin

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Religion
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Garrett Hardin
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Of course, a positive growth rate might be taken as evidence that a population is below its optimum. – Garrett Hardin

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positive
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Ruin is the destination toward which all men rush, each pursuing his own best interest in a society that believes in the freedom of the commons. – Garrett Hardin

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Freedom
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Other Quotes from
environmental
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After all, sustainability means running the global environment – Earth Inc. – like a corporation: with depreciation, amortization and maintenance accounts. In other words, keeping the asset whole, rather than undermining your natural capital. – Maurice Strong

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environmental

Climate change is happening, humans are causing it, and I think this is perhaps the most serious environmental issue facing us. – Bill Nye

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environmental

What I have experienced over time is that environmental problems are easier to deal with in ways that dont go into their interconnections to the rest of what we are. – Barry Commoner

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environmental

Without international participation, jobs and emissions will simply shift overseas to countries that require few, if any, environmental protections, harming the global environment as well as the U.S. economy. – Fred Upton

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environmental

Random Quotes

Technique is communication: the two words are synonymous in conductors. – Leonard Bernstein

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communication

We live in a moment of history where change is so speeded up that we begin to see the present only when it is already disappearing. – R. D. Laing

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Change

To love oneself is the beginning of a lifelong romance. – Oscar Wilde

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Love

So, I see technology as a Trojan Horse: It looks like a wonderful thing, but they are going to regret introducing it into the schools because it simply cant be controlled. – Daniel Greenberg

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Technology