I really hate to be Debbie Downer right now, because everyone would love to say, "Yeah, we're finally doing something on climate! Josh Fox More Quotes by Josh Fox More Quotes From Josh Fox The problem is that everywhere the gas drilling industry goes, a trail of water contamination, air pollution, health concerns and betrayal of basic American civic and community values follows. Josh Fox betrayal air water Natural gas is a bridge fuel. But it's not a bridge - it's a gangplank. It's either a bridge in space or a bridge in time. The bridge in time we don't need. We have renewable technology right now. Josh Fox technology space bridges In a couple of decades you have half of the wells that are drilled right now, and you're talking about numbers in the millions of wells drilled, leaking. That's a huge crisis in terms of water contamination. There's no way to fix that problem. Josh Fox couple numbers talking There's something really happening and really moving, and it's exciting and it makes me very optimistic because it is going to be the engine for how we really combat climate change. Which is strong communities. Josh Fox optimistic strong moving When you frack a well, you're exploding methane up into the atmosphere. So, Barack Obama, by supporting natural gas, and also talking about climate change is literally burning his own inaugural address. And he's doing it with natural gas. Josh Fox atmosphere climate talking I think that the world is in the middle of a huge transition that we have to make to renewable energy. We have to transition away from fossil fuels very, very quickly. Josh Fox transition energy thinking We are letting the extractive energy industries turn the world inside out. Josh Fox environment energy world I think we're in an era of unprecedented dominance by corporations. I think people understand that deeply; I don't think that's even questioned. Josh Fox corporations people thinking I think 'Gasland' is the doorway for a lot of people to see something happening in their backyard and realize the national and global implications. Josh Fox backyards people thinking The aquifer [is] the water table people need to keep secure. Nature has this incredible system of water purification under the ground. Ground water is much better to drink than surface water because it filters out the bacteria that can cause all sorts of problems. Josh Fox aquifers water people It's remarkable to watch the president, with all the weight of his ability to command rhetoric with the bully pulpit behind him, make a clear speech about climate change and why that's so important for us all to focus on. And that is a rather remarkable thing to see. It's enormously powerful. Josh Fox bully focus powerful We're not living in a society that science actually dominates the conversation. We're living in a situation where some science is allowed and a lot of it's about policy. Josh Fox policy situation conversation There are regulations all over the spectrum that have to be done to the existing situation right now. But the only policy that makes sense is a nationwide moratorium: no new fracking, no new fracked wells. Josh Fox fracking regulation done We should be moving vigorously towards renewable energy. The technology of which is right here right now. Josh Fox technology energy moving When you live in a watershed area, in a pristine area, and you could watch this whole place fall apart in front of your eyes, you don't sell your soul for a buck. Josh Fox eye soul fall Sometimes I feel like there isn't enough Prozac in the world to make Environmental Protection Agency people feel better about their jobs. They're going out there, they're trying to protect Americans and then time and time and time again they get their knees cut off at the policy level. Josh Fox cutting feel-better jobs Independent documentary isnt beholden to some of the interests that the mainstream media are influenced by. Its a pathway to renegade, independent reporting in an in-depth, investigative fashion, and it can do so with a compassionate lens; it allows people to speak in a way that is more human than the mainstream media approach. Josh Fox independent fashion media I have to have faith that we're going to succeed in transforming where we get our energy from. The big worry is whether or not we're going to do it before it's too late. And I think nobody knows the answer to that. Josh Fox answers worry thinking I don't believe we're only motivated by our own self-interests. Often out of crisis comes this enormous wellspring of generosity and motivation. Josh Fox motivation self believe It is an incredibly hopeful experience watching communities come together and actually reassemble democracy. The democracy's been taken away from us. But they're reinventing democracy out there in rural Pennsylvania, in Philadelphia, in Pittsburgh. Josh Fox philadelphia hopeful taken
