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

The modern assault on the environment began about 50 years ago, during and immediately after World War II.

The modern technologist is less 'sorcerer' and more 'sorcerer's apprentice'.

The AEC scientists were so narrowly focused on arming the United States for nuclear war that they failed to perceive facts - even widely known ones - that were outside their limited field of vision.

It is simply economically impossible to require controls that even approach zero emissions.

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

The favorite statistic is that the U.S. contains 6 to 7% of the world population but consumes more than half the world's resources and is responsible for that fraction of the total environmental pollution. But this statistic hides another vital fact: that not everyone in the U.S. is so affluent.