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Ramez Naam Quotes

Unfortunately, in the environment, I don’t see as much willingness to invest heavily in R Picture Quote #1

We have climate change caused by greenhouse gas emissions, mostly from human power and transportation infrastructure. At the same time, we have 2 billion people who live in energy poverty Picture Quote #1

You have to be able to generate usable energy without greenhouse gas emissions and you have to be able to do it cheaply if you want people to choose that approach Picture Quote #1

New technology lets you grow the resource pie, which is the only way you can get out between that pincer of rising consumption (as we end poverty) and environmental and natural resource depletion Picture Quote #1

Agriculture is the 1 source of deforestation. By some estimates it accounts for 80% of the forests chopped down in the tropics Picture Quote #1

If you want to feed the planet and keep the forests we have, you need to be able to grow roughly twice as much food per acre around the world. How do you do that? New technology Picture Quote #1

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Just like you could dump oil into the Cuyahoga in the 60s and let someone else foot the bill, today you can pump CO2 into the atmosphere and let the whole world foot the bill Picture Quote #1

Often we need to use policy to level the playing field, or to be sure that a technology is managed in a responsible way Picture Quote #1

Genetically modified organism (GMO) foods are feared and hated by environmentalists and the public alike. Yet the scientific assessment of GMOs is remarkably different. Every major scientific evaluation of GMO technology has concluded that GMOs are safe for human consumption and are a benefit to the environment Picture Quote #1

Ozone and climate are global issues, and it’s hard to find a way in which the benefits of shutting down carbon emissions are going to pay for themselves for any given power-plant, say Picture Quote #1

I think the environmental movement is now so large and diverse that it’s hard to talk of it as a single entity Picture Quote #1

By focusing on teaching businesses about the ROI they can achieve by preserving and investing in nature, you’re expanding the scope of the impact you can have Picture Quote #1

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TNC was once limited by the resources it could directly marshal to buy land. But teaching people a new idea is incredibly more scalable Picture Quote #1

The more widely you can spread this notion of achieving ROI by preserving and improving ecosystems, the better Picture Quote #1

I decided five years ago that I wanted to truly understand, for myself, what the state of the planet was, and when I dug into it, what I found was quite different than I’d imagined Picture Quote #1

Whatever my current beliefs are, on any topic, they’re all open to being changed by the right facts and the right evidence Picture Quote #1

On almost every environmental issue I care about, in fact, I’ve been wrong at one point or another. I used to think that climate change was no big deal, that most environmental problems were massive exaggerations, that oil reserves were effectively unlimited, and more Picture Quote #1

I support GMOs. And we should label them. We should label them because that is the very best thing we can do for public acceptance of agricultural biotech. And we should label them because there’s absolutely nothing to hide Picture Quote #1

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Wild fish are under threat of extinction because they’re hunted to feed us. Yet land animals that we farm are under no threat of extinction. Shifting from hunting fish to farming fish - where the farmers have the incentive to keep their stocks healthy - could do a tremendous amount of good for wild fish Picture Quote #1

When you’re managing a large number of people, you learn that incentives matter tremendously. You really want people to be rewarded for doing the right thing for the customers and the organization Picture Quote #1

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Unfortunately, in the environment, I don’t see as much willingness to invest heavily in R (Ramez Naam Quotes) We have climate change caused by greenhouse gas emissions, mostly from human power and transportation infrastructure. At the same time, we have 2 billion people who live in energy poverty (Ramez Naam Quotes) You have to be able to generate usable energy without greenhouse gas emissions and you have to be able to do it cheaply if you want people to choose that approach (Ramez Naam Quotes) New technology lets you grow the resource pie, which is the only way you can get out between that pincer of rising consumption (as we end poverty) and environmental and natural resource depletion (Ramez Naam Quotes) Agriculture is the 1 source of deforestation. By some estimates it accounts for 80% of the forests chopped down in the tropics (Ramez Naam Quotes) If you want to feed the planet and keep the forests we have, you need to be able to grow roughly twice as much food per acre around the world. How do you do that? New technology (Ramez Naam Quotes) Just like you could dump oil into the Cuyahoga in the 60s and let someone else foot the bill, today you can pump CO2 into the atmosphere and let the whole world foot the bill (Ramez Naam Quotes) Often we need to use policy to level the playing field, or to be sure that a technology is managed in a responsible way (Ramez Naam Quotes) Genetically modified organism (GMO) foods are feared and hated by environmentalists and the public alike. Yet the scientific assessment of GMOs is remarkably different. Every major scientific evaluation of GMO technology has concluded that GMOs are safe for human consumption and are a benefit to the environment. (Ramez Naam Quotes) Ozone and climate are global issues, and it’s hard to find a way in which the benefits of shutting down carbon emissions are going to pay for themselves for any given power-plant, say (Ramez Naam Quotes) I think the environmental movement is now so large and diverse that it’s hard to talk of it as a single entity (Ramez Naam Quotes) By focusing on teaching businesses about the ROI they can achieve by preserving and investing in nature, you’re expanding the scope of the impact you can have (Ramez Naam Quotes) TNC was once limited by the resources it could directly marshal to buy land. But teaching people a new idea is incredibly more scalable (Ramez Naam Quotes) The more widely you can spread this notion of achieving ROI by preserving and improving ecosystems, the better (Ramez Naam Quotes) I decided five years ago that I wanted to truly understand, for myself, what the state of the planet was, and when I dug into it, what I found was quite different than I’d imagined (Ramez Naam Quotes) Whatever my current beliefs are, on any topic, they’re all open to being changed by the right facts and the right evidence (Ramez Naam Quotes) On almost every environmental issue I care about, in fact, I’ve been wrong at one point or another. I used to think that climate change was no big deal, that most environmental problems were massive exaggerations, that oil reserves were effectively unlimited, and more (Ramez Naam Quotes) I support GMOs. And we should label them. We should label them because that is the very best thing we can do for public acceptance of agricultural biotech. And we should label them because there’s absolutely nothing to hide (Ramez Naam Quotes) Wild fish are under threat of extinction because they’re hunted to feed us. Yet land animals that we farm are under no threat of extinction. Shifting from hunting fish to farming fish - where the farmers have the incentive to keep their stocks healthy - could do a tremendous amount of good for wild fish. (Ramez Naam Quotes) When you’re managing a large number of people, you learn that incentives matter tremendously. You really want people to be rewarded for doing the right thing for the customers and the organization (Ramez Naam Quotes)

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