Carbon Quotes - Page 16

• No chemical compound in the atmosphere has a worse reputation than CO2, thanks to the single-minded demonization of this natural and essential atmospheric gas by advocates of government control and energy production. The incredible list of supposed horrors that increasing carbon dioxide will bring the world is pure belief disguised as science.

  William Happer

  Government, Atmosphere, Energy

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• I am troubled by the lack of common sense regarding carbon dioxide emissions. Our greatest greenhouse gas is water. Atmospheric spectroscopy reveals why water has a 95 percent and CO2 a 3.6 percent contribution to the 'greenhouse effect.' Carbon dioxide emissions worldwide each year total 3.2 billion tons. That equals about 0.0168 percent of the atmosphere's CO2 concentration of about 19 trillion tons. This results in a 0.00064 percent increase in the absorption of the sun's radiation. This is an insignificantly small number.

  Michael Myers

  Small Numbers, Years, Common Sense

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• I've done everything I can as a United States Senator to educate myself on the carbon issue and the climate change issue.

  Johnny Isakson

  Issues, Climate, United States

  Source: www.motherjones.com

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• There is no strong evidence to prove significant human influence on climate on a global basis. The global cooling trend from 1940 to 1970 is inconsistent with models based on anthropogenic carbon dioxide emissions. There is no reliable evidence to support that the 20th century was the warmest in the last 1000 years.

  Peter Stilbs

  Strong, Years, Support

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• I'm working with wind, solar, and biofuels companies as well as with organizations like ACORE [American Council On Renewable Energy], Growth Energy, and AREDAY to raise public awareness and seek practical technological solutions to reduce our reliance on fossilized carbon. My book Don't Wait for the Next War will be out in October, where I will offer my prescription for America's growth, responsible development, and security.

  Wesley K. Wark

  War, Book, Wind

  "General Wesley K. Clark, Co-Chair of Growth Energy". Interview with Chip Comins, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

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• My first goal would be to reduce the perturbation in the carbon cycle. That would mean using carbon neutral sources of energy, and changing our agricultural practices to be less disruptive and polluting. I'm not talking about a policy here so much as changing the way our infrastructure works. That's why I'm so fascinated with changing the way we build cities, because they are the most developed forms of physical infrastructure for human habitation.

  Annalee Newitz

  Mean, Cities, Carbon Cycle

  Source: therumpus.net

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• Part of what I wanted to do in my book was point out that we have almost reached the point where we can prevent a mass extinction with the science and technology we have today. We can build carbon neutral cities.

  Annalee Newitz

  Book, Technology, Mass Extinction

  Source: therumpus.net

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• The fact that we have been able to perturb the carbon cycle with our industrial revolution is evidence of how vulnerable we are - because when we destroy our environments, we destroy our food and energy supplies. In short, we destroy ourselves.

  Annalee Newitz

  Carbon Cycle, Able, Revolution

  Source: therumpus.net

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• In the head-spinning cosmos of climate change, everyday hundreds of people claim there are 'thousands of papers' in support of a theory, yet no one can actually name one single paper with empirical evidence that shows carbon dioxide emissions are the main cause of global warming.

  Joanne Nova

  Names, People, Support

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• Brothers and Sisters: Our ancient homeland is spotted today with an array of chemical dumps. Along the Niagara River, dioxin, a particularly deadly substance, threatens the remaining life there and in the waters which flow from there. Forestry departments spray the surviving forests with powerful insecticides to encourage tourism by people seeking a few days or weeks away from the cities where the air hangs heavy with sulphur and carbon oxides.

  Winona LaDuke

  Brother, Powerful, Air

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• In developing countries the situation could be even worse because developing countries do not have to count their emissions under the Kyoto Protocol. Private companies from industrialized nations will seek cheap carbon credits for their country in the developing world.

  Jennifer Morgan

  Country, Kyoto Protocol, Credit

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• The reason we should do a carbon tax is because it's the right thing to do. It's economics 101, elementary stuff.

  Elon Musk

  Stuff, Reason, Economics

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• It just so happens that the green religion is now taking over from the Christian religion. I don't think people have noticed that, but it's got all the sort of terms that religions use. The greens use guilt. That just shows how religious greens are. You can't win people round by saying they are guilty for putting (carbon dioxide) in the air.

  James Lovelock

  Christian, Religious, Winning

  "James Lovelock: The UK should be going mad for fracking". Interview with Leo Hickman, www.theguardian.com. June 15, 2012.

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• Money spent on carbon cuts is money we can't use for effective investments in food aid, micronutrients, HIV/AIDS prevention, health and education infrastructure, and clean water and sanitation.

  Bjorn Lomborg

  Cutting, Water, Hiv

  "Personal Quotes/ Biography". www.imdb.com.

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• My goal is to leave this planet with the biggest carbon footprint I can possibly leave.

  Denis Leary

  Carbon Footprint, Goal, Planets

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• Electric cars are coal-powered cars. Their carbon emissions can be worse than gasoline-powered cars.

  Vinod Khosla

  Carbon Emissions, Coal, Gasoline

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• The low carbon economy is at the leading edge of a structural shift now taking place globally...

  William Hague

  Economy, Lows, Edges

  "William Hague tells ministers to help green industries boost economy" by Juliette Jowit, www.theguardian.com. May 15, 2012.

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• I think it's harder for people than it should be. But as more and more of us become carbon neutral and change the patterns in our lives to be part of the solution instead of part of the problem, we are now beginning to see the changes in policy that are needed.

  Al Gore

  Thinking, People, Patterns

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• There are skeptics who do not come to their view because they have a source of income from carbon polluters.

  Al Gore

  Views, Income, Source

  "What in the Hell Do They Think Is Causing It?". Interview with John Dickerson, www.slate.com. December 8, 2009.

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• I should say that Canada is one of the major criminals, not just the tar sands and so on, but even mining throughout the world, a lot of it is Canadian. It's extremely destructive, so an important thing for Canadians to do is curtail the predatory and destructive behavior of their own government and corporations. A carbon tax is one way of doing it.

  Noam Chomsky

  Government, Important, Corporations

  Source: www.truth-out.org

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• Today, natural gas now outstrips coal as the leading provider of electricity in America. If this is as big as people believe it is, natural gas will soon be powering trucks and marine ships. Maybe even standard commercial cars that people use at home through compressed natural gas, other gas to liquids. The potential is there for more energy independence by America and a reliance on cleaner fuel - natural gas emits half as much as coal, in terms of carbon emissions. That's a real bounty.

  Thomas Friedman

  Real, Believe, Home

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• The great thing about cheap natural gas, again it's cheap, and it provides a cleaner alternative to coal. But it's still a fossil fuel, and because it's still a fossil fuel, it still emits carbon.

  Thomas Friedman

  Alternatives, Coal, Fuel

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• I wish being a beekeeper, which I am, gave you a free pass on the carbon footprint, but it doesn't.

  Neil Gaiman

  Carbon Footprint, Wish, Footprint

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• That's a phenomenon of the Left: You don't fight evil. You fight carbon emissions

  Dennis Prager

  Fighting, Carbon Emissions, Evil

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• Pride is the carbon-monoxide of Sin. It silently and slowly kills you without you even knowing.

  Timothy Keller

  Pride, Knowing, Sin

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