David R. Brower

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" I don't think we have very good records about what they were thinking except, as I pointed out earlier today, that they did invent our political system. "
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David R. Brower
Thinking
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" All I know about thermal pollution is that if we continue our present rate of growth in electrical energy consumption it will simply take, by the year 2000, all our freshwater streams to cool the generators and reactors. "
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David R. Brower
Will , Energy , Pollution
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" It seems that every time mankind is given a lot of energy, we go out and wreck something with it. "
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Time , Energy , Mankind
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" It is absolutely imperative that we protect, preserve and pass on this genetic heritage for man and every other living thing in as good a condition as we received it. "
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Man , Living
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" I believe that the average guy in the street will give up a great deal, if he really understands the cost of not giving it up. In fact, we may find that, while we're drastically cutting our energy consumption, we're actually raising our standard of living. "
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Will , Living , Energy , Fact , Giving , May
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" For how many people do you think might yet stand on this planet before the sun grows cold? That's the responsibility we hold in our hands. "
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People , Responsibility , Sun
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" Even if you build the perfect reactor, you're still saddled with a people problem and an equipment problem. "
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People
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" Once we open the door to the plutonium economy, we expose ourselves to absolutely terrible, horrifying risks from these people. "
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People
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" I was actually telling people that - by harnessing the atom - we could enter a new era of unlimited power that would do away with the need to dam our beautiful streams. "
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People , Power
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" When people say, 'You're not being realistic,' they're just trying to tag some thoughts that they can't otherwise handle. "
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People , Thoughts
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David R. Brower
born: died: genre: occupation:
01-Apr-1966 11-May-2000 Environmental Businessman, Environmentalist, Conservationist
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