#warming

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

Why are we so obsessed with celebrity culture? We have front-page news about divorces instead of front-page news about global warming, about women being abused, about children being abused. We're going on a downward spiral. ↗

— Heather Mills

#being #celebrity #celebrity culture #children #culture

For a century longer, Rome still retains its outward form, but the swarming nations are now in full career. ↗

— John Lothrop Motley

#century #form #full #longer #nations

I don't think anybody would dispute that we're seeing a warming of the Earth. ↗

— Dirk Kempthorne

#dispute #earth #i #seeing #think

Would you bet your paycheck on a weather forecast for tomorrow? If not, then why should this country bet billions on global warming predictions that have even less foundation? ↗

— Thomas Sowell

#billions #country #even #forecast #foundation

The failure of world leaders to act on the critical issue of global warming is often blamed on economic considerations. ↗

— David Suzuki

#blamed #considerations #critical #economic #failure

Whether the process proves to be Kyoto or something else, let's acknowledge the urgency of global warming. ↗

— Brian Mulroney

#else #global #global warming #kyoto #process

Much of the debate over global warming is predicated on fear, rather than science. ↗

— James Inhofe

#fear #global #global warming #much #over