All I know about thermal pollution is that if we continue our present rate of growth in electrical energy consumption it will simply take, by the year 2000, all our freshwater streams to cool the generators and reactors.
David R. BrowerWhen people say, 'You're not being realistic,' they're just trying to tag some thoughts that they can't otherwise handle.
David R. BrowerAt that time a senator who was on the Joint Committee of Atomic Energy said rather quietly, 'You know, we're having a little problem with waste these days.' I didn't know what he meant then, but I know now.
David R. BrowerRealistic' is a loaded word for me. Anyone who uses the word 'realistic' is all bad.
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