The Burning Question Quotes

“Alternatively, we could keep on as we are: ignoring or playing down the risks and putting responsibility for action elsewhere. But that would mean taking a monumental gamble with our children’s future, and a species as intelligent as ours surely wouldn’t do that. Would it?”
― Duncan Clark, The Burning Question: We can't burn half the world's oil, coal and gas. So how do we quit?

“Similarly, the hit car show Top Gear has twice been caught faking a scenario where an electric car runs out of power during a review or feature to make for a more entertaining storyline.19”
― Duncan Clark, The Burning Question: We can't burn half the world's oil, coal and gas. So how do we quit?

“We like to see ourselves as rational creatures, but we’re often ready to buy into whatever is most comfortable or enjoyable to believe. We like ideas that fit with our existing worldview. We like to believe what our friends believe. And most of us like to believe that the future looks rosy.”
― Duncan Clark, The Burning Question: We can't burn half the world's oil, coal and gas. So how do we quit?

“infinite growth on a finite planet”
― Duncan Clark, The Burning Question: We can't burn half the world's oil, coal and gas. So how do we quit?