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We are on the precipice of climate system tipping points beyond wh

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

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Ive tried to be a straight scientist doing the science and reporting it as best I can. – James Hansen

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Consider the perverse effect cap and trade has on altruistic actions. Say you decide to buy a small, high-efficiency car. That reduces your emissions, but not your countrys. Instead it allows somebody else to buy a bigger S.U.V. – because the total emissions are set by the cap. – James Hansen

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Money has too big an influence on our politics in Washington and somehow we need to do something about that. – James Hansen

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We cannot command Nature except by obeying her. – Francis Bacon

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When we become a part of anything, it becomes a part of us. – David Harold Fink

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Living in the midst of abundance we have the greatest difficulty in seeing that the supply of natural wealth is limited and that the constant increase of population is destined to reduce the American standard of living unless we deal more sanely with our resources. – W.H. Carothers

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The control man has secured over nature has far outrun his control over himself. – Ernest Jones, The Life and Work of Sigmund Freud, 1953

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