Home
Authors
Tags
App
Get QuoteDark Inspirational Quotes App
" Adding CO2 to the air is like throwing another blanket on the bed. "
James Hansen
Like
CO2
Blanket
Related Quotes:
" You have no time to do the science if you're talking to the media. "
James Hansen
Media
You
Talking
" As a government employee, you can't testify against the government. "
James Hansen
Against
Government
You
" I've tried to be a straight scientist doing the science and reporting it as best I can. "
James Hansen
Reporting
Science
Doing
" Scientists will say we can't blame global warming for any single event. In a sense that's right, but the fact that the frequency and intensity of these events is increasing you can blame on global warming. "
James Hansen
You
Blame
Say
" Coal is responsible for as much atmospheric carbon dioxide as other fossil fuels combined and it still has far greater reserves. We must stop using it. "
James Hansen
Much
Still
Far
" Some Democrats deserve to be criticized. "
James Hansen
Democrats
Criticized
Some
" Until the public demands otherwise, the policy makers will continue to serve their financiers. "
James Hansen
Continue
Policy
Makers
" The five warmest years over the last century occurred in the last eight years. "
James Hansen
Last
Eight
Five
" What is frustrating people, me included, is that democratic action affects elections but what we get then from political leaders is greenwash. "
James Hansen
Me
Political
Elections
" Tipping points are so dangerous because if you pass them, the climate is out of humanity's control: if an ice sheet disintegrates and starts to slide into the ocean there's nothing we can do about that. "
James Hansen
Nothing
You
Humanity
" On a per capita basis, Britain is responsible for more of the carbon dioxide now in the atmosphere than any other nation on Earth because it has been burning it from the dawn of the Industrial Revolution. "
James Hansen
Earth
Revolution
Industrial Revolution
" I have been described as the grandfather of climate change. In fact, I am just a grandfather and I do not want my grandchildren to say that grandpa understood what was happening but didn't make it clear. "
James Hansen
Grandchildren
I Am
Grandfather
" I tend to be naive and gullible, I guess, but I try to believe that governments believe what they say. "
James Hansen
Say
Naive
Believe
" If your child gets asthma, the fossil fuel industry doesn't pay. Or if there's a natural disaster, the bill is paid by the taxpayer, not the fossil fuel company. "
James Hansen
Natural
Pay
Disaster
" Climate change is analogous to Lincoln and slavery or Churchill and Nazism: it's not the kind of thing where you can compromise. "
James Hansen
You
Change
Compromise
" As species are exterminated by shifting climate zones, ecosystems can collapse, destroying more species. "
James Hansen
Climate
More
Collapse
" The democratic process is supposed to be one person one vote, but it turns out that money is talking louder than the votes. "
James Hansen
Vote
Process
Person
" What makes tar sands particularly odious is that the energy you get out in the end, per unit carbon dioxide, is poor. It's equivalent to burning coal in your automobile. "
James Hansen
Your
Energy
Automobile
" The United States did not sign Kyoto, yet its emissions are not that different from the countries that did sign it. "
James Hansen
Kyoto
Different
United
" It's as certain that as long as fossil fuels are the cheapest energy, we will just keep burning them. "
James Hansen
Just
Keep
Energy
" We need to send a message to Congress and the president that we want them to take the actions that are needed to preserve climate for young people and future generations and all life on the planet. "
James Hansen
Young
People
Need
" You can't tie a rope around the ice sheet. You can't build a wall around the ice sheets. "
James Hansen
Ice
Rope
Tie
" Recent warming coincides with rapid growth of human-made greenhouse gases. The observed rapid warming gives urgency to discussions about how to slow greenhouse gas emissions. "
James Hansen
Recent
Slow
Urgency
" Global warming isn't a prediction. It is happening. "
James Hansen
Global Warming
Global
Happening