Author: James Lovelock

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The oil companies regard nuclear power as their rival, who will reduce their profits, so they put out a lot of disinformation about nuclear power.

The oil companies regard nuclear power as their rival, who will reduce their profits, so they put out a lot of disinformation about nuclear power.

- James Lovelock

I'm a scientist, not a theologian. I don't know if there is a God or not. Religion requires certainty. Revere and respect Gaia. Have trust in Gaia. But not faith.

I'm a scientist, not a theologian. I don't know if there is a God or not. Religion requires certainty. Revere and respect Gaia. Have trust in Gaia. But not faith.

- James Lovelock

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

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

- James Lovelock

Nature favors those organisms which leave the environment in better shape for their progeny to survive.

Nature favors those organisms which leave the environment in better shape for their progeny to survive.

- James Lovelock

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

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

- James Lovelock

I have heard that the Saudi Arabians are paying Greenpeace to campaign against Nuclear Power. It wouldn't surprise me at all.

I have heard that the Saudi Arabians are paying Greenpeace to campaign against Nuclear Power. It wouldn't surprise me at all.

- James Lovelock

Life does more than adapt to the Earth. It changes the Earth to its own purposes.

Life does more than adapt to the Earth. It changes the Earth to its own purposes.

- James Lovelock

You mustn't take what I say as gospel because no one can second-guess the future.

You mustn't take what I say as gospel because no one can second-guess the future.

- James Lovelock

There is little evidence that our individual intelligence has improved through recorded history.

There is little evidence that our individual intelligence has improved through recorded history.

- James Lovelock

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