The big threat to the planet is people: there are too many, doing too well economically and burning too much oil.
James LovelockThe Earth's population will be culled from today's 6.6 billion to as few as 500 million, with most of the survivors living in the far latitudes - Canada, Iceland, Scandinavia, the Arctic Basin.
James LovelockBy the end of this century, climate change will reduce the human population to a few breeding pairs surviving near the Arctic.
James LovelockWhat I tend to do is to wake about five in the morning-this happens quite often-think about the invention, and then image it in my mind in 3D, as a kind of construct. Then I do experiments with the image...sort of rotate it, and say, 'Well what'll happen if one does this?' And by the time I get up for breakfast I can usually go to the bench and make a string and sealing wax model that works straight off, because I've done most of the experiments already.
James Lovelock