The angry men know that this golden age (of fossil fuels) has gone; but they cannot find the words for the constraints they hate. Clutching their copies of Atlas Shrugged, they flail around, accusing those who would impede them of communism, fascism, religiosity, misanthropy, but knowing at heart that these restrictions are driven by something far more repulsive to the unrestrained man: the decencies we owe to other human beings.
George MonbiotAll the money, all the prestige in the world will never make up for the loss of your freedom.
George MonbiotThose who consume far more resources than they require destroy the life chances of those whose survival depends upon consuming more.
George MonbiotIf wealth was the inevitable result of hard work and enterprise, every woman in Africa would be a millionaire.
George Monbiot