Energy and economic myths Quotes

“Will mankind listen to any program that implies a constriction of its addiction to exosomatic comfort? Perhaps, the destiny of man is to have a short, but fiery, exciting and extravagant life rather than a long, uneventful and vegetative existence. Let other species - the amoebas, for example - which have no spiritual ambitions inherit an earth still bathed in plenty of sunshine.”
― Nicholas Georgescu-Roegen, Energy and economic myths: Institutional and analytical economic essays