The God Species Quotes

“At 1.24 am on 26 April 1986 Chernobyl’s Unit 4 reactor exploded after staff disabled safety systems and performed an ill-advised experiment to check – ironically enough – the reactor’s safety.”
― Mark Lynas, The God Species

“I particularly dislike the high-profile switch-off campaigns where whole cities are plunged into darkness for an hour as a supposedly symbolic gesture about energy use. So is the implication that we all need to live in constant gloom to reduce CO2 emissions?”
― Mark Lynas, The God Species

“First, guilt-tripping doesn’t work as a campaigning strategy. If you make people feel bad about what they do, you must give them a realistic and feasible alternative. Second, pragmatism beats purism. Every time.”
― Mark Lynas, The God Species

“It would be easy to laugh this off were it not so obviously counterproductive. The idea that tackling climate change means accepting profound levels of intrusion into our everyday lives – and the economic disaster of dramatic drops in consumption and living standards – is an illusion that is actually shared by the Green left and the libertarian right.”
― Mark Lynas, The God Species

“For a brief review of our history to date shows us in a very singular role:that of serial killers.”
― Mark Lynas, The God Species

“Modern Humans have at least dealt out death fairly: We began our existence by killing each other.”
― Mark Lynas, The God Species