Polite conservationists leave no mark save the scars upon the Earth that could have been prevented had they stood their ground.

Apollo 13, as you may remember, gave us a reactor that is bubbling away right now somewhere in the Pacific. It's supposed to be bubbling away on the moon, but it's in the Pacific Ocean instead.

If something's going wrong with this planet we'd better fix it here and not look for some sort of escape.

There are many different kinds of radioactive waste and each has its own half-life so, just to be on the safe side and to simplify matters, I base my calculations on the worst one and that's plutonium.

We may learn anew what compassion and beauty are, and pause to listen to the Earth's music.

Even if you build the perfect reactor, you're still saddled with a people problem and an equipment problem.

What we are finding out now is that there are not only limits to growth but also to technology and that we cannot allow technology to go on without public consent.