Civilization in its present form hasn't got long.

Quote by James Lovelock

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An inefficient virus kills its host. A clever virus stays with it.

An inefficient virus kills its host. A clever virus stays with it.

If you start any large theory, such as quantum mechanics, plate tectonics, evolution, it takes...

If you start any large theory, such as quantum mechanics, plate tectonics, evolution, it takes...

Science always uses metaphor.

Science always uses metaphor.

Nature favors those organisms which leave the environment in better shape for their progeny to...

Nature favors those organisms which leave the environment in better shape for their progeny to...

Esso has been the main one in America spreading the disinformation that there is no...

Esso has been the main one in America spreading the disinformation that there is no...

I suspect any worries about genetic engineering may be unnecessary. Genetic mutations have always happened...

I suspect any worries about genetic engineering may be unnecessary. Genetic mutations have always happened...

NASA will send up a big sun shade that will be in orbit between the...

NASA will send up a big sun shade that will be in orbit between the...

Florida will be gone altogether, the whole damned place, in not too long.

Florida will be gone altogether, the whole damned place, in not too long.

I've got personal views on the '60s. You can't have freedom without paying the price...

I've got personal views on the '60s. You can't have freedom without paying the price...

One pound of uranium is worth about 3 million pounds worth of coal or oil.

One pound of uranium is worth about 3 million pounds worth of coal or oil.

There aren't just bad people that commit genocide; we are all capable of it. It's...

There aren't just bad people that commit genocide; we are all capable of it. It's...

For each of our actions there are only consequences.

For each of our actions there are only consequences.

This programme to stop nuclear by 2020 is just crazy. If there were a nuclear...

This programme to stop nuclear by 2020 is just crazy. If there were a nuclear...

I'm not a pessimist, even though I do think awful things are going to happen.

I'm not a pessimist, even though I do think awful things are going to happen.

You never know with politicians what they are really saying. And I don't say that...

You never know with politicians what they are really saying. And I don't say that...

Evolution is a tightly coupled dance, with life and the material environment as partners. From...

Evolution is a tightly coupled dance, with life and the material environment as partners. From...

Sadly, it's much easier to create a desert than a forest.

Sadly, it's much easier to create a desert than a forest.

I'm a scientist, not a theologian. I don't know if there is a God or...

I'm a scientist, not a theologian. I don't know if there is a God or...

Just after World War II, this country led the world in science by every way...

Just after World War II, this country led the world in science by every way...

Climatologists are all agreed that we'd be lucky to see the end of this century...

Climatologists are all agreed that we'd be lucky to see the end of this century...