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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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With a fourth generation of nuclear power, you can have a technology that will burn more than 99 percent of the energy in the fuel. It would mean that you dont need to mine uranium for the next thousand years. – 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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Newspapers: dead trees with information smeared on them. – Horizon, "Electronic Frontier"

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We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children. – Native American Proverb

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Civilization… wrecks the planet from seafloor to stratosphere. – Richard Bach

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We could have saved the Earth but we were too damned cheap. – Kurt Vonnegut,Jr.

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We have a lot to gain through furthering stem cell research, but medical breakthroughs should be fundamentally about saving, not destroying, human life. Therefore, I support stem cell research that does not destroy the embryo. – Michael Steele

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