Paul Craig Roberts Quotes

The main message we want to get out there is that climate change is caused by the rotten economic system.

Most reputable scientists agree that climate change is real and that the effects are likely to be bad. But nobody can say for sure exactly what 'bad' means. The safest and most equitable way out of this horrific mess is simple: cut fossil-fuel emissions.

Today, we can see with our own eyes what global warming is doing. In that context it becomes truly irresponsible, if not immoral, for us not to do something.

The biggest drag on global growth in the coming decade will be the impact of energy on the environment.

China and India will take the global leadership on climate change: they are suffering for it.

All the conservation efforts in the world won't be enough to make a dent in the oncoming sustainability crisis our planet faces.

When we think about global warming at all, the arguments tend to be ideological, theological and economic.

The second thing is, if you want to do something about global warming, you have to think much more long-term. There is something wrong with saying we should start using renewables now, while they are still incredibly expensive.

Everybody knows that the industrialized nations are the worst offenders.

The truth is, as most of us know, that global warming is real and humans are major contributors, mainly because we wastefully burn fossil fuels.

Climate change is a terrible problem, and it absolutely needs to be solved. It deserves to be a huge priority.

The effects of climate change are real and must be acted on.

When the President was asked about global warming at a public appearance yesterday, he responded by talking about America's addiction to oil. You make the connection.

Climate change is transforming the world in profound ways that continue to evolve.

Global warming and climate change is a big problem. It requires a big solution.

We’re the first generation to feel the impact of climate change and the last generation that can do something about it.

Science is science, and there is no doubt that if we burned all the fossil fuels that are in the ground right now that the planet’s going to get too hot and the consequences could be dire.

Fossil fuel companies and their allies are funding a massive and sophisticated campaign to mislead the American people about the environmental harm caused by carbon pollution.

I think global warming is the gravest threat. With global warming, it's the product of a war between old energy - between the carbon cronies, who, by the way, could not stay in business in a true free market capitalism.

The squandering of oil and gas is associated with one of the greatest tragedies, not in the least resolved, which is suffered by humankind: climate change.

India doesn't take responsibility for the problems that the world is facing because of thermal coal.

Climate change is sometimes misunderstood as being about changes in the weather. In reality it is about changes in our very way of life.

The fossil fuel industry is destroying our planet and everything that we love.

I have written before about why climate change has to be halted. In retirement, I want to look my grandchildren in the eye and tell them about the small role the business and I played in tackling the world's greatest challenge.

Coal, oil and natural gas have lit homes and powered machinery for centuries, driving civilization forward. But as human development accelerated, the unsustainability of such energy became apparent.