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Climate Change Quotes
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“Individually, we are one drop. Together, we are an ocean.”
– Ryunosuke Satoro
“We stand on the brink of unprecedented planetary ecological change. We must create a visionary operating manual for Spaceship Earth. That is the purpose of this book, to prompt the collective creation of that manual, and then operate within the guidelines of the manual, and do so in the most expeditious way possible.”
– This Spaceship Earth Houle and Rumage
“The power and majesty of nature in all its aspects is lost on one who contemplates it merely in the detail of its parts and not as a whole.”
– Pliny the Elder
“Instead of spending our buried treasure savings account of fossil fuels, we can live off our income of solar, wind, and other renewable energy sources. The amount of sunlight that hits Spaceship Earth every hour can supply all our energy needs for a day. In a radically different, retrofitted Spaceship Earth, we can create extra energy every day. Our daily energy income can be larger than our spend. We can accumulate unused energy every day, and not release any emissions at all.”
– This Spaceship Earth Houle and Rumage
“If there must be trouble, let it be in my day, so that my child may have peace.”
– Thomas Paine
“There is a dramatic need for workers to rebuild and create infrastructure, new energy platforms, and new technological undertakings on a grand scale.”
– This Spaceship Earth Houle and Rumage
“Climate change poses another significant challenge for the United States and the world at large. As greenhouse gas emissions increase, sea levels are rising, average global temperatures are increasing, and severe weather patterns are accelerating. Climate change may exacerbate water scarcity and lead to sharp increases in food costs. The pressures caused by climate change will influence resource competition while placing additional burdens on economies, societies, and governance institutions around the world. These effects are threat multipliers that can enable terrorist activity and other forms of violence.”
– 2014 U.S. Department of Defense Quadrennial Defense Review
“What’s the use of a fine house if you haven’t got a tolerable planet to put it on?”
– Henry David Thoreau
“Complex systems grow to a certain scale, at which time they need to restructure, redesign, and redevelop themselves to maintain and maximize efficiency and effectiveness. We are at that stage, and now is that time.”
– This Spaceship Earth Houle and Rumage
“The meaning of life is nature, and universal embrace of an ecology ethic before the biosphere collapses is all that really matters anymore.”
– Dr. Glen Barry
