By the end of this century, climate change will reduce the human population to a few breeding pairs surviving near the Arctic. James Lovelock More Quotes by James Lovelock More Quotes From James Lovelock Climatologists are all agreed that we'd be lucky to see the end of this century without the world being a totally different place, and being 8 or 9 degrees hotter on average. James Lovelock degrees average world I don't think we're yet evolved to the point where we're clever enough to handle a complex a situation as climate change. The inertia of humans is so huge that you can't really do anything meaningful. James Lovelock clever meaningful thinking Imagine a survivor of a failed civilization with only a tattered book on aromatherapy for guidance in arresting a cholera epidemic. Yet, such a book would more likely be found amid the debris than a comprehensible medical text. James Lovelock epidemics science book No one who has experienced the intense involvement of computer modeling would deny that the temptation exists to use any data input that will enable one to continue playing what is perhaps the ultimate game of solitaire. James Lovelock data games science We need a more authoritative world...What's the alternative to democracy? There isn't one. But even the best democracies agree that when a major war approaches, democracy must be put on hold for the time being. I have a feeling that climate change may be an issue as severe as war. It may be necessary to put democracy on hold for a while. James Lovelock issues feelings war There is little evidence that our individual intelligence has improved through recorded history. James Lovelock evidence individual littles This programme to stop nuclear by 2020 is just crazy. If there were a nuclear war, and humanity were wiped out, the Earth would breathe a sigh of relief. James Lovelock sigh-of-relief crazy war NASA will send up a big sun shade that will be in orbit between the earth and sun and deflect 2 or 3 percent of the sunshine back into space. It would be cheaper than the international space station. James Lovelock sunshine space earth We'd never have got a chance to go outside and look at the earth if it hadn't been for space exploration and NASA. James Lovelock space earth looks Let's make hay while it lasts. James Lovelock hay lasts One pound of uranium is worth about 3 million pounds worth of coal or oil. James Lovelock coal oil pounds We are in a fool's climate, accidentally kept cool by smoke, and before this century is over billions of us will die and the few breeding pairs of people that survive will be in the Arctic where the climate remains tolerable. James Lovelock fool climate people If it hadn't been for the Cold War, neither Russia nor America would have been sending people into space. James Lovelock space war america By 2040, the Sahara will be moving into Europe and Berlin will be as hot as Baghdad. Atlanta will end up a kudzu jungle. Phoenix will become uninhabitable, as will parts of Beijing (desert), Miami (rising seas) and London (floods). Food shortages will drive millions of people north, raising political tensions. James Lovelock atlanta europe moving I'm a scientist, not a theologian. I don't know if there is a God or not. Religion requires certainty. James Lovelock if-there-is-a-god scientist certainty Florida will be gone altogether, the whole damned place, in not too long. James Lovelock florida gone long Esso has been the main one in America spreading the disinformation that there is no global warming problem. James Lovelock global-warming problem america China will soon emit more greenhouse gases than America, but its regime knows if it caps aspirations there will be a revolution. James Lovelock revolution regimes america I wouldn't be against them (large wind turbines) if they actually worked. James Lovelock turbines wind-turbines wind What we have lived through, the 20th century, has been like a great party. Adults now have had the best time humanity has ever had. Now the party is over and the Earth is reckoning up. James Lovelock adults party humanity