We spend probably more of our time than we should, just because it's close to home, worrying about the West. But it's equally important to figure out how we're going to free up the resources to let the developing world leapfrog the fossil fuel age. That's at least as mathematically important, and at least as morally crucial.

Oil companies are radical because they're willing to alter the chemical composition of the atmosphere.

Global warming is no longer a philosophical threat, no longer a future threat, no longer a threat at all. It's our reality.

We spend a lot of time playing defence against bad things. So, in the US, one of the focusses has been this huge Keystone Pipeline project, another has been the coal ports on the Pacific Ocean.

A voluntary simplification of life-styles is not beyond our abilities, but it is probably outside our desires.

The roof of my house is covered in solar panels. When Im home, Im a pretty green fellow.

Where people aren't as deeply reliant on fossil fuel as in the United States, it's far easier for them to imagine change on this scale. When you go to Europe, they're much more ready. They use half the amount of energy per capita that we use. They can imagine using less than that. They see the benefits. They're ready to go.