The Heat Will Kill You First Quotes

“And the notion that eight billion people are going to thrive on a hotter planet by simply cranking up the air-conditioning or seeking refuge under a pine tree is a profound misunderstanding of the future we are creating for ourselves.”
― Jeff Goodell, The Heat Will Kill You First: Life and Death on a Scorched Planet

“Heat moves less like a river through a canyon and more like laughter through a crowd,” writes physicist Brian Greene.”
― Jeff Goodell, The Heat Will Kill You First: Life and Death on a Scorched Planet

“Until we figure out a way to suck massive amounts of CO2 out of the sky, we will be stuck with a hotter planet.”
― Jeff Goodell, The Heat Will Kill You First: Life and Death on a Scorched Planet

“The tree you used to climb when you were a kid will die. The beach where you kissed your partner will be underwater. Mosquitoes and other insects will be year-round companions. New diseases will emerge. Cults of cool will celebrate the spiritual purity of ice. You’ll grill slabs of lab-grown “meat” and drink Zinfandel from Alaska. Your digital watch will monitor your internal body temperature. Border walls will be fortified. Entrepreneurs will make millions selling you micro cooling devices. Fourth of July celebrations will become life-threatening events. Snow will feel exotic.”
― Jeff Goodell, The Heat Will Kill You First: Life and Death on a Scorched Planet

“Which Plant Where. Home”
― Jeff Goodell, The Heat Will Kill You First: Life and Death on a Scorched Planet

“Trees are superheroes of the climate fight. They inhale CO2 and exhale oxygen, filtering out air pollution with each breath. They suck up water from the ground and sweat it out through their leaves, which cools the air (think of them as mini air conditioners). And of course, they provide shade to all creatures great and small, as well as to the soil around them, which helps to reduce water loss through evaporation. As anyone who has taken a walk through a city park knows, they also offer mental health benefits to stressed-out urbanites. Trees are our deep-time evolutionary companions, fellow living things that we have spent millions of years leaning against, climbing, and worshipping.”
― Jeff Goodell, The Heat Will Kill You First: Life and Death on a Scorched Planet

“In the end, the most enduring legacy of air-conditioning may be the divide it has created between the cool and the damned.”
― Jeff Goodell, The Heat Will Kill You First: Life and Death on a Scorched Planet