#very

The obvious issue is providing clean drinking water and sanitation to every single human being on earth at the cost of little more than one year of the Kyoto treaty. ↗

— Bjorn Lomborg

#clean #cost #drinking #drinking water #earth

To some, a cap-and-trade system might sound like a neat approach where the market sorts everything out. But in fact, in some ways it is worse than a tax. With a tax, the costs are obvious. With a cap-and-trade system, the costs are hidden and shifted around. For that reason, many politicians tend to like it. But that is dangerous. ↗

— Bjorn Lomborg

#around #cap-and-trade #costs #dangerous #everything

We need to invest dramatically in green energy, making solar panels so cheap that everybody wants them. Nobody wanted to buy a computer in 1950, but once they got cheap, everyone bought them. ↗

— Bjorn Lomborg

#buy #cheap #computer #dramatically #energy

I am very excited to be here in Wales and look forward to putting on the Cardiff Blues shirt. ↗

— Jonah Lomu

#blues #excited #forward #here #i

When I was playing I felt tired all the time. My recovery period was a lot longer than the other players. They'd be ok after an hour - I'd have to stay in bed till the next session. ↗

— Jonah Lomu

#bed #felt #hour #i #longer

I would rather be a superb meteor, every atom of me in magnificent glow, than a sleepy and permanent planet. ↗

— Jack London

#every #glow #i #magnificent #me

I went out with a promiscuous impressionist - she did everybody. ↗

— Jay London

#everybody #i #impressionist #out #promiscuous

I used to be a hopeless romantic - I fell in love with everyone I went out with. ↗

— Jeremy London

#everyone #fell #hopeless #hopeless romantic #i

As it stands now, those of us who are lucky enough to be citizens by birth don't have to do much. Very little is asked of us. ↗

— Eric Liu

#birth #citizens #enough #little #lucky

If whiteness were of no particular advantage, then having a fuller color wheel of skin tones would be purely a matter of celebration. But whiteness - just a drop of it - does still carry privilege. You learn that very young in America. ↗

— Eric Liu

#america #carry #celebration #color #does