Bill McKibben Quotes About Physics

Quotes about: Physics

• The real negotiation is between humans on the one hand and chemistry and physics on the other. And chemistry and physics, unfortunately, don't bargain.

  Bill McKibben

  Real, Hands, Chemistry

• The laws of Congress and the laws of physics have grown increasingly divergent, and the laws of physics are not likely to yield.

  Bill McKibben

  Yield, Law, Divergent

  "Natural Capitalism" by Paul Hawken, www.motherjones.com. March/April 1997.

• Without a movement pressing for change, there's little hope. We've got to work the political system to make this happen fast. The physics and chemistry are daunting. The resources on the other side are very large.

  Bill McKibben

  Political, Movement, Littles

  Interview with Diane Silver, www.resilience.org. January 2009.

• The flaw is the business plan - digging up and burning way more carbon than physics says we can deal with. So, I suppose it's some kind of mid-point between writing them nice letters asking them to stop and figuring out a way to take down the entire system- which I don't have any idea how to do.

  Bill McKibben

  Nice, Writing, Ideas

  Source: www.opendemocracy.net

• If we had about 100 years, that sort of slow cultural conversion would be exactly the thing to do. But physics is calling the tune here. We've got to respond to a timetable that physics has set for us.

  Bill McKibben

  Years, Tunes, Would Be

  Source: www.opendemocracy.net

• If you were running a solar company you may be okay - you may be able to keep growing. The question for physics is: Can you grow fast enough to begin to catch up with the damage?

  Bill McKibben

  Running, Growing, May

  "Donald Trump Is a Disaster for the Earth on Every Single Level". Interview with Julia Lurie, www.motherjones.com. November 11, 2016.

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