#global

Things are so much global and Americanised. ↗

— John Malkovich

#much #things

Global warming is not a conqueror to kneel before - but a challenge to rise to. A challenge we must rise to. ↗

— Joe Lieberman

#challenge #conqueror #global #global warming #kneel

Today, we can see with our own eyes what global warming is doing. In that context it becomes truly irresponsible, if not immoral, for us not to do something. ↗

— Joe Lieberman

#context #doing #eyes #global #global warming

Reliable data on the outsourcing of American jobs is sorely missing from the debate on globalization. ↗

— Dan Lipinski

#american jobs #data #debate #globalization #jobs

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

We worry about the seemingly ever-increasing number of natural catastrophes. Yet this is mainly a consequence of CNN - we see many more, but the number is roughly constant, and we manage to deal much better with them over time. Globally, the death rate from catastrophes has dropped about fifty-fold over the past century. ↗

— Bjorn Lomborg

#better #catastrophes #century #cnn #consequence