Carbon Quotes - Page 24

• I wish we could grow up about it, I'm sure we are contributing to global warming, and we must do all we can to reduce that, but our climate has always changed. The Romans had vineyards in Yorkshire. We're all on this bandwagon of 'Ban the 4x4 in Fulham'. Why didn't we have global warming during the Industrial Revolution? In those days you couldn't have seen across the street for all the carbon emissions and the crap coming out of the chimneys.

  Alan Titchmarsh

  Growing Up, Carbon Emissions, Wish

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• We simply don't know yet what's going to happen to the carbon in the atmosphere.

  Freeman Dyson

  Atmosphere, Global Warming, Happens

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• First, we must stop wasting energy. A quarter of the UK's carbon emissions come from the home. Our housing stock - the oldest in Europe - is costing us the earth... After transport, heating is the second biggest driver of energy demand in Britain. British Gas research suggests that householders who put in energy efficiency measures cut their gas consumption by 44%. Better insulated buildings will do much of the work for us.

  Chris Huhne

  Home, Cutting, Europe

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• A low-carbon, clean energy economy can be an engine of growth for decades to come.

  Barack Obama

  Growth, Energy, Clean

  "US power sector to cut carbon emissions by 30% by 2030". "AM", www.abc.net.au. June 3, 2014.

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• A vegan in a Hummer has a lighter carbon footprint than a beef eater in a Prius.

  Michael Pollan

  Carbon Footprint, Beef, Vegan

  "Michael Pollan’s ‘Hummer-Driving Vegan’ Claim Debunked" by Kyle Cassidy, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 18, 2010.

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• Whether carbon dioxide is quite the environmental villain that some people make it out to be is not yet proven.

  Tony Abbott

  People, Environmental, Villain

  "This week climate change has dominated the national political agenda [Broadcast]". Cassidy, B., www.abc.net.au. March 20, 2011.

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• Another big problem with any Australian emissions reduction scheme is that it would not make a material difference to atmospheric carbon concentrations unless the big international polluters had similar schemes.

  Tony Abbott

  Differences, Problem, Bigs

  Abbott, Tony, Tony Abbott (2009). “Battlelines”, p.172, Melbourne Univ. Publishing

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• We can't conclusively say whether man-made carbon dioxide emissions are contributing to climate change.

  Tony Abbott

  Men, Climate, Made

  "Tony Abbott's more controversial speeches disappear" by, www.smh.com.au. December 1, 2013.

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• I also think that if you want to put a price on carbon, why not just do it with a simple tax? Why not ask motorists to pay more, why not ask electricity consumers to pay more and then at the end of the year you can take your invoices to the tax office and get a rebate of the carbon tax you've paid

  Tony Abbott

  Simple, Thinking, Years

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• The hard truth is carbon pollution has built up in our atmosphere for decades now. And even if we Americans do our part, the planet will slowly keep warming for some time to come.

  Barack Obama

  Atmosphere, Truth Is, Pollution

  Remarks by the President on Climate Change, obamawhitehouse.archives.gov. June 25, 2013.

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• As the world's largest economy and second-largest carbon emitter, as a country with unsurpassed ability to drive innovation and scientific breakthroughs, as the country that people around the world continue to look to in times of crisis, we've got a vital role to play. We can't stand on the sidelines. We've got a unique responsibility.

  Barack Obama

  Country, Responsibility, Unique

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• Ordinary Americans can't pollute for free. You can't dump your trash on the sidewalk or throw all your refuse into your neighbor's yard. I don't understand why corporate polluters should be allowed to dump megatons of carbon, the most dangerous pollution in the history of the world, into our thin shell of an atmosphere, and not pay a penny to do it.

  Van Jones

  Atmosphere, Yards, Ordinary

  Source: aalbc.com

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