If environmentalism is a fad, it will be the last one.

Perhaps the simplest example is a synthetic plastic, which unlike natural materials, is not degraded by biological decay. It therefore persists as rubbish or is burned-in both cases causing pollution. In the same way, a substance such as DDT or lead, which plays no role in the chemistry of life and interferes with the actions of substances that do, is bound to cause ecological damage if sufficiently concentrated.

Technologists practice faith too; 'Faith that problems have solutions before having the knowledge to solve them.'

In general, any productive activity which introduces substances foreign to the natural environment runs a considerable risk of polluting it.

I see no reason to have my shirts ironed. It's irrational.

Nothing can survive on the planet unless it is a cooperative part of larger global life.

Everything is connected to everything else.