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James Lovelock

English

July 26, 1919

Scientist

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Civilization in its present form hasn't got long.

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

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

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

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The tropical rain forests are a telling example. Once cut down, they rarely recover. Rainfall drops, deserts spread, the climate warms.

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If a power station were to be built down the road, I'd prefer a nuclear plant over an oil burner, and definitely over a coal burner. We simply have to lessen our consumption of fossil fuels.

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Fudging the data in any way whatsoever is quite literally a sin against the holy ghost of science. I'm not religious, but I put it that way because I feel so strongly. It's the one thing you do not ever do. You've got to have standards.

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