We rushed into renewable energy without any thought. The schemes are largely hopelessly inefficient and unpleasant. I personally can't stand windmills at any price.

Florida will be gone altogether, the whole damned place, in not too long.

The big threat to the planet is people: there are too many, doing too well economically and burning too much oil.

We need a more authoritative world...What's the alternative to democracy? There isn't one. But even the best democracies agree that when a major war approaches, democracy must be put on hold for the time being. I have a feeling that climate change may be an issue as severe as war. It may be necessary to put democracy on hold for a while.

I'm a scientist, not a theologian. I don't know if there is a God or not. Religion requires certainty.

We live at a time when emotions and feelings count more than truth, and there is a vast ignorance of science

One pound of uranium is worth about 3 million pounds worth of coal or oil.