For each of our actions there are only consequences. (James Lovelock)
Sadly, it's much easier to create a desert than a forest. (James Lovelock)
If you start any large theory, such as quantum mechanics, plate tectonics, evolution, it takes about 40 years for mainstream science to come around. Gaia has been going for only 30 years or so. (James Lovelock)
If we gave up eating beef we would have roughly 20 to 30 times more land for food than we have now. (James Lovelock)
I'm a scientist, not a theologian. I don't know if there is a God or not. Religion requires certainty. (James Lovelock)
Esso has been the main one in America spreading the disinformation that there is no global warming problem. (James Lovelock)
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)
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)
Just after World War II, this country led the world in science by every way you could measure it, yet the number of scientists was a tiny proportion of what it is now. (James Lovelock)
I'm not a pessimist, even though I do think awful things are going to happen. (James Lovelock)
There is little evidence that our individual intelligence has improved through recorded history. (James Lovelock)
Evolution is a tightly coupled dance, with life and the material environment as partners. From the dance emerges the entity Gaia. (James Lovelock)
One pound of uranium is worth about 3 million pounds worth of coal or oil. (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. (James Lovelock)