Author: James Lovelock

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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.

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

Science always uses metaphor.

Science always uses metaphor.

- James Lovelock

Geological change usually takes thousands of years to happen but we are seeing the climate changing not just in our lifetimes but also year by year.

Geological change usually takes thousands of years to happen but we are seeing the climate changing not just in our lifetimes but also year by year.

- 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

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

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

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

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

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

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