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Tim Flannery Quotes

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“Goodstein demonstrated that in every case, when compared with the actual costs paid, the estimates were grossly inflated. His examples range from asbestos to vinyl, and in all instances but one the estimated cost flowing from regulatory change was at least double the actual cost paid, while in some cases estimates were even more exaggerated.”
— Tim Flannery, The Weather Makers: How Man Is Changing the Climate and What It Means for Life on Earth
Tagged: Climate Change, Environmental Costs, Asbestos, Vinyl
“While we sit in our air-conditioned homes and eat, drink and make merry like cattle in a feedlot without the slightest thought about the consequences of our consumption of water, food and energy, we only hasten the destruction—in the long term—of our kind.”
— Tim Flannery, Here on Earth: an Argument for Hope
Tagged: Air Conditioning, cattle, food, Water, Energy, Climate Change
“As long as skepticism is based on a sound understanding of science it is invaluable, for that is how science progresses. But poor criticism can lead those who are unfamiliar with the science involved into doubting everything about climate change predictions.”
— Tim Flannery, The Weather Makers: How Man Is Changing the Climate and What It Means for Life on Earth
Tagged: skepticism, Science, Climate Changes
“One of the biggest obstacles to making a start on climate change is that it has become a cliche before it has even been understood.”
— Tim Flannery, The Weather Makers: How Man Is Changing the Climate and What It Means for Life on Earth
Tagged: Climate Change, cliche
“Some time this century the day will arrive when the human influence on the climate will overwhelm all natural forces. Then, the insurance industry and the courts will no longer be able to talk of Acts of God, because even the most unreasonable of us could have foreseen the consequences. Instead, the judiciary will be faced with apportioning guilt and responsibility for human actions resulting from the new climate.”
— Tim Flannery
Tagged: Climate Change, Global Warming, Acts of God, Guilt, Failed Predictions
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