Why are ecologists and environmentalists so feared and hated? This is because in part what they have to say is new to the general public, and the new is always alarming.

In an approximate way, the logic of commons has been understood for a long time, perhaps since the discovery of agriculture or the invention of private property in real estate.

Moreover, the practical recommendations deduced from ecological principles threaten the vested interests of commerce; it is hardly surprising that the financial and political power created by these investments should be used sometimes to suppress environmental impact studies.

There is nothing more dangerous than a shallow thinking compassionate person

In a competitive world of limited resources, total freedom of individual action is intolerable

The population problem has no technical solution; it requires a fundamental extension in morality.

Thou shalt not transgress the carrying capacity