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James Lovelock quotes: I have a feeling that climate change may be an issue as severe as a war. It may be necessary to put democracy on hold for a while.

I have a feeling that climate change may be an issue as severe as a war. It may be necessary to put democracy on hold for a while.

James Lovelock quotes: An inefficient virus kills its host. A clever virus stays with it.

An inefficient virus kills its host. A clever virus stays with it.

James Lovelock quotes: Geological change usually takes thousands of years to happen but we are seeing the climate changing not just in our lifetimes but also year by year.

Geological change usually takes thousands of years to happen but we are seeing the climate changing not just in our lifetimes but also year by year.

James Lovelock quotes: Sadly, it's much easier to create a desert than a forest.

Sadly, it's much easier to create a desert than a forest.

James Lovelock quotes: A billion could live off the earth; 6 billion living as we do is far too many, and you run out of planet in no time.

A billion could live off the earth; 6 billion living as we do is far too many, and you run out of planet in no time.

James Lovelock quotes: I wouldn't be against them (large wind turbines) if they actually worked.

I wouldn't be against them (large wind turbines) if they actually worked.

James Lovelock quotes: Ask almost anybody if they think the climate?s changed in the last couple of decades and they will all say ?yes? and give you lots of examples.

Ask almost anybody if they think the climate?s changed in the last couple of decades and they will all say ?yes? and give you lots of examples.

James Lovelock quotes: China will soon emit more greenhouse gases than America, but its regime knows if it caps aspirations there will be a revolution.

China will soon emit more greenhouse gases than America, but its regime knows if it caps aspirations there will be a revolution.

James Lovelock quotes: If we gave up eating beef we would have roughly 20 to 30 times more land for food than we have now.

If we gave up eating beef we would have roughly 20 to 30 times more land for food than we have now.

James Lovelock quotes: We live at a time when emotions and feelings count more than truth, and there is a vast ignorance of science

We live at a time when emotions and feelings count more than truth, and there is a vast ignorance of science

James Lovelock quotes: I have heard that the Saudi Arabians are paying Greenpeace to campaign against Nuclear Power. It wouldn't surprise me at all.

I have heard that the Saudi Arabians are paying Greenpeace to campaign against Nuclear Power. It wouldn't surprise me at all.

James Lovelock quotes: Humans on the Earth behave in some ways like a pathogenic micro-organism, or like the cells of a tumor.

Humans on the Earth behave in some ways like a pathogenic micro-organism, or like the cells of a tumor.

James Lovelock quotes: I'm not a pessimist, even though I do think awful things are going to happen.

I'm not a pessimist, even though I do think awful things are going to happen.

James Lovelock quotes: Life does more than adapt to the Earth. It changes the Earth to its own purposes.

Life does more than adapt to the Earth. It changes the Earth to its own purposes.

James Lovelock quotes: Florida will be gone altogether, the whole damned place, in not too long.

Florida will be gone altogether, the whole damned place, in not too long.

James Lovelock quotes: Nature favors those organisms which leave the environment in better shape for their progeny to survive.

Nature favors those organisms which leave the environment in better shape for their progeny to survive.

James Lovelock quotes: There is little evidence that our individual intelligence has improved through recorded history.

There is little evidence that our individual intelligence has improved through recorded history.

James Lovelock quotes: One pound of uranium is worth about 3 million pounds worth of coal or oil.

One pound of uranium is worth about 3 million pounds worth of coal or oil.

James Lovelock quotes: By the end of this century, climate change will reduce the human population to a few breeding pairs surviving near the Arctic.

By the end of this century, climate change will reduce the human population to a few breeding pairs surviving near the Arctic.

James Lovelock quotes: We'd never have got a chance to go outside and look at the earth if it hadn't been for space exploration and NASA.

We'd never have got a chance to go outside and look at the earth if it hadn't been for space exploration and NASA.

James Lovelock quotes: Let's make hay while it lasts.

Let's make hay while it lasts.

James Lovelock quotes: For each of our actions there are only consequences.

For each of our actions there are only consequences.

James Lovelock quotes: You never know with politicians what they are really saying. And I don't say that in a negative way-they have an appalling job.

You never know with politicians what they are really saying. And I don't say that in a negative way-they have an appalling job.

James Lovelock quotes: There aren't just bad people that commit genocide; we are all capable of it. It's our evolutionary history.

There aren't just bad people that commit genocide; we are all capable of it. It's our evolutionary history.

James Lovelock quotes: The oil companies regard nuclear power as their rival, who will reduce their profits, so they put out a lot of disinformation about nuclear power.

The oil companies regard nuclear power as their rival, who will reduce their profits, so they put out a lot of disinformation about nuclear power.

James Lovelock quotes: The big threat to the planet is people: there are too many, doing too well economically and burning too much oil.

The big threat to the planet is people: there are too many, doing too well economically and burning too much oil.

James Lovelock quotes: The world has not warmed up very much since the millennium.

The world has not warmed up very much since the millennium.

James Lovelock quotes: Esso has been the main one in America spreading the disinformation that there is no global warming problem.

Esso has been the main one in America spreading the disinformation that there is no global warming problem.

James Lovelock quotes: If it hadn't been for the Cold War, neither Russia nor America would have been sending people into space.

If it hadn't been for the Cold War, neither Russia nor America would have been sending people into space.

James Lovelock quotes: Humans are too stupid to prevent climate change from radically impacting on our lives over the coming decades.

Humans are too stupid to prevent climate change from radically impacting on our lives over the coming decades.

James Lovelock quotes: I suspect any worries about genetic engineering may be unnecessary. Genetic mutations have always happened naturally, anyway.

I suspect any worries about genetic engineering may be unnecessary. Genetic mutations have always happened naturally, anyway.

James Lovelock quotes: Civilization in its present form hasn't got long.

Civilization in its present form hasn't got long.

James Lovelock quotes: So-called 'sustainable development' ... is meaningless drivel.

So-called 'sustainable development' ... is meaningless drivel.

James Lovelock quotes: Nowadays if you're dependent on a grant - and 99% of them are - you can't make mistakes as you won't get another one if you do.

Nowadays if you're dependent on a grant - and 99% of them are - you can't make mistakes as you won't get another one if you do.

James Lovelock quotes: Science always uses metaphor.

Science always uses metaphor.

James Lovelock quotes: The tropical rain forests are a telling example. Once cut down, they rarely recover. Rainfall drops, deserts spread, the climate warms.

The tropical rain forests are a telling example. Once cut down, they rarely recover. Rainfall drops, deserts spread, the climate warms.

James Lovelock quotes: You mustn't take what I say as gospel because no one can second-guess the future.

You mustn't take what I say as gospel because no one can second-guess the future.

James Lovelock quotes: Only nuclear power can now halt global warming.

Only nuclear power can now halt global warming.

James Lovelock quotes: The climate is doing its usual tricks. There's nothing much really happening yet. We were supposed to be halfway toward a frying world now.

The climate is doing its usual tricks. There's nothing much really happening yet. We were supposed to be halfway toward a frying world now.

James Lovelock quotes: Climate change now represents so urgent a threat to mankind that the only way to deal with it is by suspending democracy.

Climate change now represents so urgent a threat to mankind that the only way to deal with it is by suspending democracy.

James Lovelock quotes: I've got personal views on the '60s. You can't have freedom without paying the price for it.

I've got personal views on the '60s. You can't have freedom without paying the price for it.