#global warming

The war and terrorism in the Middle East, the crisis of leadership in many of the oil-supply countries in the developing world, the crisis of global warming - all these are very clearly tied to energy. ↗

— Julia Louis-Dreyfus

#countries #crisis #developing #developing world #east

I would like to see a future where artists think that they have a right to contemplate things like global warming. ↗

— Brian Eno

#contemplate #future #global #global warming #i

When the President was asked about global warming at a public appearance yesterday, he responded by talking about America's addiction to oil. You make the connection. ↗

— Gwen Ifill

#addiction #america #appearance #asked #connection

So we are now still dependent on foreign oil, have a problem with global warming, and are losing jobs rapidly to the Japanese in fuel-efficient vehicles as a result of that very shortsighted progress. ↗

— Jay Inslee

#foreign #foreign oil #fuel-efficient #global #global warming

One of the gaps in our international development efforts is the provision of global public goods - that is, goods or conditions we need that no individual or country can secure on their own, such as halting global warming, financial stability and peace and security. ↗

— Anna Lindh

#country #development #efforts #financial #financial stability

I think Al Gore has done a great service in making global warming cool. He's basically taken it from a nerdy, almost ignored issue to making it what it is - namely, a problem. ↗

— Bjorn Lomborg

#al gore #almost #basically #cool #done

The only thing that will really change global warming in the long run is if we radically increase the speed with which we get alternative technologies to deal with climate change. ↗

— Bjorn Lomborg

#change #climate #climate change #deal #get

The second thing is, if you want to do something about global warming, you have to think much more long-term. There is something wrong with saying we should start using renewables now, while they are still incredibly expensive. ↗

— Bjorn Lomborg

#expensive #global #global warming #incredibly #long-term

Think on a 50-year scale, which is a much more natural time-scale for global warming. The US is right now spending about 200 million dollars annually on research into renewable energy. ↗

— Bjorn Lomborg

#annually #dollars #energy #global #global warming

To prepare adequately for the challenge of global warming, we must acknowledge both the good and the bad that it will bring. If our starting point is to prove that Armageddon is on its way, we will not consider all of the evidence, and will not identify the smartest policy choices. ↗

— Bjorn Lomborg

#adequately #armageddon #bad #both #bring