Posted in barriers on Jan 16th, 2008
I have always consistently opposed high-tension and alternating systems of electric lighting … not only on account of danger, but because of their general unreliability and unsuitability for any general system of distribution. Thomas Edison, 1889
Posted in action now, barriers, general on Jan 16th, 2008
Nimby: Not In My Back Yard Nimto: Not In My Term of Office Banana: Build Absolutely Nothing Anywhere Near Anything CAVE people: Citizens Against Virtually Everything NOPE: Not On Planet Earth Ronnie Belmans
Posted in action now, general on Jan 15th, 2008
Don’t wait for anyone to deputize you or authorize you or empower you. You have to just start out with yourself…and put one foot in front of the other. Hazel Henderson
Posted in general on Jan 14th, 2008
Watch your thoughts; they become words. Watch your words; they become actions. Watch your actions; they become habits. Watch your habits; they become character. Watch your character; it becomes your destiny. Frank Outlaw
Posted in nuclear on Jan 13th, 2008
Atomic energy unquestionably will be made extremely cheap – like ’free air’ at the service stations. Our automobiles eventually will have atomic energy units built into them at the factory so that we will never have to refuel them. So will large airplanes . . . In a relatively short time we will cease to [...]
Posted in energy security, general on Jan 12th, 2008
The country imagines who its future competitors are most likely to be. And looming large on that horizon is China. China is short on energy … Russia only has energy … Most countries don’t have energy strategies. There is plenty of energy policies, plenty of energy regulations. There are even energy philosophies and enthusiasms. But [...]
Posted in energy efficiency, transport on Jan 11th, 2008
Improvements in automobile efficiency since 1973 are saving consumers $151 billion in 2004 alone—more than twice as much as the federal government spends each year on education. Alliance to Save Energy, 2005
Posted in general on Jan 10th, 2008
This generation has altered the composition of the atmosphere on a global scale through radioactive materials and a steady increase in carbon dioxide from the burning of fossil fuels. Lyndon Johnson, 1965
Posted in general on Jan 9th, 2008
Understanding environmental interactions involves some of the most difficult issues in engineering, chemistry, physics and computer science. Regrettably, many environmental students aren’t interested in the hard stuff; they want to influence policy. This emphasis occurs in a wide range of colleges. As an example, at Princeton we have an endowment to support ‘a Freshman Seminar [...]
Posted in general on Jan 8th, 2008
If it is to benefit humanity, concern for our planet and the future of our civilization needs to be matched with an understanding of the facts. Richard Garwin and Georges Charpak
