I am convinced that climate change represents a historic opportunity on an even greater scale.

I am convinced that climate change represents a historic opportunity on an even greater scale.

Information is shock resistance. Arm yourself.

It seems to me that our problem has a lot less to do with the mechanics of solar power than the politics of human power—specifically whether there can be a shift in who wields it, a shift away from corporations and toward communities, which in turn depends on whether or not the great many people who are getting a rotten deal under our current system can build a determined and diverse enough social force to change the balance of power.

We have not done the things that are necessary to lower emissions because those things fundamentally conflict with deregulated capitalism. ... We are stuck because the actions that would give us the best chance of averting catastrophe - and would benefit the vast majority - are extremely threatening to an elite minority that has a stranglehold over our economy, our political process, and most of our major media outlets.

Hope has never trickled down, it has always sprung up.

A term like capitalism is incredibly slippery, because there's such a range of different kinds of market economies.