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Bill McKibben quotes: We already have five times as much oil and coal and gas on the books as any scientist thinks is safe to burn. We already have five times as much oil and coal and gas on the books as any scientist thinks is safe to burn.
Bill McKibben quotes: We can't bankrupt Exxon. But we can politically and morally bankrupt them. We can't bankrupt Exxon. But we can politically and morally bankrupt them.
Bill McKibben quotes: Advent: the time to listen for footsteps - you can't hear footsteps when you're running yourself. Advent: the time to listen for footsteps - you can't hear footsteps when
you're running yourself.
Bill McKibben quotes: TV makes it so easy to postpone living for another half hour. TV makes it so easy to postpone living for another half hour.
Bill McKibben quotes: We have assumed control where once we worked with what we were given. We have assumed control where once we worked with what we were given.
Bill McKibben quotes: A voluntary simplification of life-styles is not beyond our abilities, but it is probably outside our desires. A voluntary simplification of life-styles is not beyond our abilities, but it is probably outside our desires.
Bill McKibben quotes: Most of the men and women who vote in Congress each year to continue subsidies have taken campaign donations from big energy companies. Most of the men and women who vote in Congress each year to continue subsidies have taken campaign donations from big energy companies.
Bill McKibben quotes: The technology we need most badly is the technology of community, the knowledge about how to cooperate to get things done. The technology we need most badly is the technology of community, the knowledge about how to cooperate to get things done.
Bill McKibben quotes: We can either save the planet from catastrophic warming, or protect fossil fuel CEOs. Not both. Do the math(s) We can either save the planet from catastrophic warming, or protect fossil fuel CEOs. Not both. Do the math(s)
Bill McKibben quotes: There is no ideal Christmas; only the one Christmas you decide to make as a reflection of your values, desires, affections, traditions. There is no ideal Christmas; only the one Christmas you decide to make as a reflection of your values, desires, affections, traditions.
Bill McKibben quotes: We can no longer imagine that we are part of something larger than ourselves - that is what all this boils down to. We can no longer imagine that we are part of something larger than ourselves - that is what all this boils down to.
Bill McKibben quotes: It's a quiet revolution begun by ordinary people with the stuff of our daily lives. It's a quiet revolution begun by ordinary people with the stuff of our daily lives.
Bill McKibben quotes: Because the financial power of the fossil-fuel industry is so great it can, and has, delayed any real action of the climate issues almost everywhere. Because the financial power of the fossil-fuel industry is so great it can, and has, delayed any real action of the climate issues almost everywhere.
Bill McKibben quotes: In 50 years, no one will care about the fiscal cliff or the Euro crisis. They'll just ask, "So the Arctic melted, and then what did you do?" In 50 years, no one will care about the fiscal cliff or the Euro crisis. They'll just ask, "So the Arctic melted, and then what did you do?"
Bill McKibben quotes: We celebrate the birth of one who told us to give everything to the poor by giving each other motorized tie racks. We celebrate the birth of one who told us to give everything to the poor
by giving each other motorized tie racks.
Bill McKibben quotes: The laws of Congress and the laws of physics have grown increasingly divergent, and the laws of physics are not likely to yield. The laws of Congress and the laws of physics have grown increasingly divergent, and the laws of physics are not likely to yield.
Bill McKibben quotes: I've always been opposed to population control. In climate terms, population is not the biggest problem going forward. I've always been opposed to population control. In climate terms, population is not the biggest problem going forward.
Bill McKibben quotes: Only in relatively recent times have people decided that "because I want to" is sufficient reason for annoying others. Only in relatively recent times have people decided that "because I want to" is sufficient reason for annoying others.
Bill McKibben quotes: The ability to write compelling emails may be the single most useful talent an organizer can possess. The ability to write compelling emails may be the single most useful talent an organizer can possess.
Bill McKibben quotes: Whenever anyone challenges anything, the powers that be try to paint them as extremists or radicals or whatever. And I think that's actually nonsense. Whenever anyone challenges anything, the powers that be try to paint them as extremists or radicals or whatever. And I think that's actually nonsense.
Bill McKibben quotes: Money supplants skill; it's possession allows us to become happily stupid. Money supplants skill; it's possession allows us to become happily stupid.
Bill McKibben quotes: You can have a healthy fossil-fuel balance sheet, or a relatively healthy planet You can have a healthy fossil-fuel balance sheet, or a relatively healthy planet
Bill McKibben quotes: We've been given a warning by science, and a wake-up call by nature; it is up to us now to heed them. We've been given a warning by science, and a wake-up call by nature; it is up to us now to heed them.
Bill McKibben quotes: What makes us different? We're the creature that can decide not to do something that we are capable of doing. What makes us different? We're the creature that can decide not to do something that we are capable of doing.
Bill McKibben quotes: We've built a new Earth. It's not as nice as the old one; it's the greatest mistake humans have ever made, one that we will pay for literally forever. We've built a new Earth. It's not as nice as the old one; it's the greatest mistake humans have ever made, one that we will pay for literally forever.
Bill McKibben quotes: If it's wrong to wreck the planet, it's wrong to profit from the wreckage. If it's wrong to wreck the planet, it's wrong to profit from the wreckage.
Bill McKibben quotes: The roof of my house is covered in solar panels. When I'm home, I'm a pretty green fellow. The roof of my house is covered in solar panels. When I'm home, I'm a pretty green fellow.
Bill McKibben quotes: The world hasn't ended, but the world as we know it has-even if we don't quite know it yet. The world hasn't ended, but the world as we know it has-even if we don't quite know it yet.
Bill McKibben quotes: When we think about global warming at all, the arguments tend to be ideological, theological and economic. When we think about global warming at all, the arguments tend to be ideological, theological and economic.
Bill McKibben quotes: A world where one tenth of the population gets to be extremely wealthy, and six tenths very poor, is not, in the long run, a stable place A world where one tenth of the population gets to be extremely wealthy, and six tenths very poor, is not, in the long run, a stable place
Bill McKibben quotes: Irene's got a middle name, and it's Global Warming. Irene's got a middle name, and it's Global Warming.
Bill McKibben quotes: Alone among businesses, the fossil-fuel industry is allowed to dump its main waste, carbon dioxide, for free Alone among businesses, the fossil-fuel industry is allowed to dump its main waste, carbon dioxide, for free
Bill McKibben quotes: But tolerance by itself can be a cover for moral laziness. But tolerance by itself can be a cover for moral laziness.
Bill McKibben quotes: When you are in a hole, stop digging! When you are in a hole, stop digging!
Bill McKibben quotes: Management of anything as complicated as a woods requires more humility than comes easily to our species, at least in its American incarnation. Management of anything as complicated as a woods requires more humility than comes easily to our species, at least in its American incarnation.
Bill McKibben quotes: In reality, climate change is actually the biggest thing that's going on every single day. In reality, climate change is actually the biggest thing that's going on every single day.
Bill McKibben quotes: The television culture celebrates incompetence. The television culture celebrates incompetence.
Bill McKibben quotes: We have built a greenhouse, a human greenhouse, where once there bloomed a sweet and wild garden. We have built a greenhouse, a human greenhouse, where once there bloomed a sweet and wild garden.
Bill McKibben quotes: What you do every day is what forms your mind and precious few of us can or would spend most days outdoors. What you do every day is what forms your mind and precious few of us can or would spend most days outdoors.
Bill McKibben quotes: The earth is a museum of divine intent. The earth is a museum of divine intent.
Bill McKibben quotes: There are times when I can almost feel myself simply being. There are times when I can almost feel myself simply being.
Bill McKibben quotes: Community is as endangered by surplus as it is by deficit. If there is too much money floating around it enables people to have no need of each other. Community is as endangered by surplus as it is by deficit. If there is too much money floating around it enables people to have no need of each other.
Bill McKibben quotes: Global warming is no longer a philosophical threat, no longer a future threat, no longer a threat at all. It's our reality. Global warming is no longer a philosophical threat, no longer a future threat, no longer a threat at all. It's our reality.
Bill McKibben quotes: Our weird problem is an abundance of resources and a shortage of hard economic reasons not to use them. Our weird problem is an abundance of resources and a shortage of hard economic reasons not to use them.
Bill McKibben quotes: Everyone knows, at some level, that the sharp line between "good weather" and "bad weather" is a fiction, that we need rain as surely as we need sun. Everyone knows, at some level, that the sharp line between "good weather" and "bad weather" is a fiction, that we need rain as surely as we need sun.
Bill McKibben quotes: There is a tendency at every important but difficult crossroad to pretend that it's not really there. There is a tendency at every important but difficult crossroad to pretend that it's not really there.
Bill McKibben quotes: We use TV as we use tranquilizers- to even things out, to blot out unpleasantness, to dilute confusion, distress, unhappiness, loneliness. We use TV as we use tranquilizers- to even things out, to blot out unpleasantness, to dilute confusion, distress, unhappiness, loneliness.
Bill McKibben quotes: We're not at the point of trying to stop global warming; it's too late for that. We're trying to keep it from becoming a complete and utter calamity We're not at the point of trying to stop global warming; it's too late for that. We're trying to keep it from becoming a complete and utter calamity

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