For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled. – Richard P. Feynman

It appears to be a law that you cannot have a deep sympathy with both man and nature. – Henry David Thoreau, Walden, 1854

One of the first laws against air pollution came in 1300 when King Edward I decreed the death penalty for burning of coal. At least one execution for that offense is recorded. But economics triumphed over health considerations, and air pollution became an appalling problem in England. – Glenn T. Seaborg, Atomic Energy Commission chairman, speech, Argonne National La