#resource

The United States has long thought of itself as the land of infinite plenty, and historically we did have abundant resources. But now we are gradually exhausting our fisheries, our topsoil, our water. On top of that, we're coming to the end of world resources. ↗

— Jared Diamond

#coming #did #end #exhausting #fisheries

There are going to be questions about what major oil companies are doing with all of the resources they're accumulating. They can't escape that. ↗

— Pete Domenici

#companies #doing #escape #going #major

I think the dangers are different now. Our abuse of the planet and our resources is an anxiety. ↗

— Carol Ann Duffy

#anxiety #dangers #different #i #i think

The resources of our continent attract, more than ever, the interests of rich countries. ↗

— Omar Bongo

#continent #countries #ever #interests #more

We as governors, whether we're Republican or Democrat, we really believe that we know what's best for our people. And in Arizona, and particularly we're very interested about natural resources. ↗

— Jan Brewer

#arizona #believe #best #democrat #governors

Granted, we need to have a sound immigration policy that allows people into our country who are going to produce more than they are going to consume, but the bottom line is illegal aliens consume far more of our tax resources than they generate. ↗

— Mo Brooks

#bottom #bottom line #consume #country #far

The Indians knew that life was equated with the earth and its resources, that America was a paradise, and they could not comprehend why the intruders from the East were determined to destroy all that was Indian as well as America itself. ↗

— Dee Brown

#comprehend #could #destroy #determined #earth

For this generation, ours, life is nuclear survival, liberty is human rights, the pursuit of happiness is a planet whose resources are devoted to the physical and spiritual nourishment of its inhabitants. ↗

— Jimmy Carter

#generation #happiness #human #human rights #inhabitants

One fifth of human kind depend on fish to live. Today now 70 percent of the fish stock are over-exploited. According to FAO if we don't change our system of fishing the main sea resources will be gone in 2050. We don't want to believe what we know. ↗

— Yann Arthus-Bertrand

#believe #change #depend #fifth #fish

I mean, there is amazing amount of oil and gas and other resources out beneath the sea. It's staggering. ↗

— Robert Ballard

#amount #beneath #gas #i #mean