What has become clear from the science is that we cannot burn all of the fossil fuels without creating a very different planet. – James Hansen
Money has too big an influence on our politics in Washington and somehow we need to do something about that. – James Hansen
Ive tried to be a straight scientist doing the science and reporting it as best I can. – James Hansen
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
I like science fiction and physics, things like that. Planets being sucked into black holes, and the various vortexes that create possibility, and what happens on the other side of the black hole. To me its the microcosmic study of the macrocosmic universe in man, and thats why Im attracted to it. – Wesley Snipes