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Denis Hayes Quotes

There really wasn’t an environmental movement 30 years ago. The Sierra Club national office in 1969 consisted of one full-time volunteer Picture Quote #1

I suppose I’d characterize myself as having a faith-based optimism. My faith is parental and Darwinian Picture Quote #1

Earth Day gathered up those strands, and dozens more, and knitted them together in the public consciousness as environmental issues. The nation was pretty startled when 20 million people hit the streets. Congress, which had adjourned for the day to go back to its districts, was blown away Picture Quote #1

Big actions, in our system of checks and balances, require approval by Congress and have to pass constitutional muster by the Supreme Court, and some powers are reserved to the states. So this overused czar word is a little misleading. But the things America ought to do should include the following: Picture Quote #1

Whether you are buying a car or casting a ballot, choosing a job or planning a family, follow your moral compass. Don’t let others define you. Don’t let advertisers mold you; don’t let zealots ensnare you; don’t let conventional wisdom trap you....you are part of a much larger whole Picture Quote #1

We presently have the technology ... fuel cells, solar cells, hydrogen ... the opportunities are amazing for clean energy Picture Quote #1

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Build high-speed, electrified trains over the most-traveled corridors. It’sreally hard to power carbon-free airplanes, but electrified trains are much easier. We’ll be a half century behind the Japanese, but better late than never Picture Quote #1

Obama wants to build such things as smart electrical grids and high-speed rail lines, which will offer big environmental improvements. Another obvious thing is that large-scale project financing is virtually frozen, so a lot of renewable energy projects are on hold. If the system doesn’t get unclogged before the developers run out of cash, they will be cancelled. Money matters, and we are racing against time Picture Quote #1

There are a few obvious consequences and perhaps one subtle possibility. One obvious thing is that, to stimulate the economy, President Obama has committed to creating millions of green jobs that will leave a legacy - much as Roosevelt’s public works did during the new deal Picture Quote #1

With time environmental issues got much more complicated. It is pretty easy, if you know what you are doing, to stop a company from pouring poison into a lake where kids swim. It is much harder to address all the myriad greenhouse gases emitted by different sources - from petrochemical refineries to hundreds of millions of peasants cutting down trees for their incredibly inefficient cook stoves Picture Quote #1

Zeroes are important. A million seconds ago was last week. A billion seconds ago, Richard Nixon resigned the presidency. A trillion seconds ago was 30,000 BC, and early humans were using stone tools Picture Quote #1

We got everyone’s attention, but we didn’t solve any environmental problems Picture Quote #1

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I suppose I’d characterize myself as having a faith-based optimism. My faith is parental and Darwinian Picture Quote #1

It is already too late to avoid mass starvation Picture Quote #1

Listen up, you couch potatoes: each recycled beer can saves enough electricity to run a television for three hours Picture Quote #1

When civilization stands at the edge of a cliff, a step forward doesn’t make much sense Picture Quote #1

These are not exhortations from overwrought extremists, but carefully phrased warnings from some of the world’s finest scientists Picture Quote #1

We shouldn’t fuel the future with the polluting methods of the past,... We have the technology to power our future in ways that don’t threaten our health or poison our planet. Let’s choose to use it Picture Quote #1

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We presently have the technology... fuel cells, solar cells, hydrogen... the opportunities are amazing for clean energy Picture Quote #1

By the year 2000, such renewable energy sources could provide 40 percent of the global energy budget; by 2025, humanity could obtain 75 percent of its energy from solar resources Picture Quote #1

I feel more confident than ever that the power to save the planet rests with the individual consumer Picture Quote #1

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There really wasn’t an environmental movement 30 years ago. The Sierra Club national office in 1969 consisted of one full-time volunteer (Denis Hayes Quotes) I suppose I’d characterize myself as having a faith-based optimism. My faith is parental and Darwinian. (Denis Hayes Quotes) Earth Day gathered up those strands, and dozens more, and knitted them together in the public consciousness as environmental issues. The nation was pretty startled when 20 million people hit the streets. Congress, which had adjourned for the day to go back to its districts, was blown away. (Denis Hayes Quotes) Big actions, in our system of checks and balances, require approval by Congress and have to pass constitutional muster by the Supreme Court, and some powers are reserved to the states. So this overused czar word is a little misleading. But the things America ought to do should include the following: (Denis Hayes Quotes) Whether you are buying a car or casting a ballot, choosing a job or planning a family, follow your moral compass. Don’t let others define you. Don’t let advertisers mold you; don’t let zealots ensnare you; don’t let conventional wisdom trap you....you are part of a much larger whole. (Denis Hayes Quotes) We presently have the technology ... fuel cells, solar cells, hydrogen ... the opportunities are amazing for clean energy. (Denis Hayes Quotes) Build high-speed, electrified trains over the most-traveled corridors. It’sreally hard to power carbon-free airplanes, but electrified trains are much easier. We’ll be a half century behind the Japanese, but better late than never (Denis Hayes Quotes) Obama wants to build such things as smart electrical grids and high-speed rail lines, which will offer big environmental improvements. Another obvious thing is that large-scale project financing is virtually frozen, so a lot of renewable energy projects are on hold. If the system doesn’t get unclogged before the developers run out of cash, they will be cancelled. Money matters, and we are racing against time (Denis Hayes Quotes) There are a few obvious consequences and perhaps one subtle possibility. One obvious thing is that, to stimulate the economy, President Obama has committed to creating millions of green jobs that will leave a legacy - much as Roosevelt’s public works did during the new deal (Denis Hayes Quotes) With time environmental issues got much more complicated. It is pretty easy, if you know what you are doing, to stop a company from pouring poison into a lake where kids swim. It is much harder to address all the myriad greenhouse gases emitted by different sources - from petrochemical refineries to hundreds of millions of peasants cutting down trees for their incredibly inefficient cook stoves (Denis Hayes Quotes) Zeroes are important. A million seconds ago was last week. A billion seconds ago, Richard Nixon resigned the presidency. A trillion seconds ago was 30,000 BC, and early humans were using stone tools (Denis Hayes Quotes) We got everyone’s attention, but we didn’t solve any environmental problems (Denis Hayes Quotes) I suppose I’d characterize myself as having a faith-based optimism. My faith is parental and Darwinian (Denis Hayes Quotes) It is already too late to avoid mass starvation (Denis Hayes Quotes) Listen up, you couch potatoes: each recycled beer can saves enough electricity to run a television for three hours (Denis Hayes Quotes) When civilization stands at the edge of a cliff, a step forward doesn’t make much sense (Denis Hayes Quotes) These are not exhortations from overwrought extremists, but carefully phrased warnings from some of the world’s finest scientists (Denis Hayes Quotes) We shouldn’t fuel the future with the polluting methods of the past,... We have the technology to power our future in ways that don’t threaten our health or poison our planet. Let’s choose to use it (Denis Hayes Quotes) We presently have the technology... fuel cells, solar cells, hydrogen... the opportunities are amazing for clean energy (Denis Hayes Quotes) By the year 2000, such renewable energy sources could provide 40 percent of the global energy budget; by 2025, humanity could obtain 75 percent of its energy from solar resources (Denis Hayes Quotes) I feel more confident than ever that the power to save the planet rests with the individual consumer (Denis Hayes Quotes)