Mark Twain had it backwards. Nowadays everybody is doing something about the weather, but nobody is talking about it.

Even hating myself I still think I'm better than you.

We have to offer up scary scenarios, make simplified dramatic statements, and make little mention of any doubts we may have... Each of us has to decide what the right balance is between being effective and being honest.

I wish I could blame my failure on my integrity & refusal to play bullshit games. But the truth is I just play them really badly.

We are not just scientists, but human beings as well. Like most people we’d like to see the world a better place, which in this context translates into our working to reduce the risk of potentially disastrous climatic change. To do that we need to get some broad-based support, to capture the public’s imagination. That, of course, entails getting loads of media coverage. So we have to offer up scary scenarios, make simplified, dramatic statements, and make little mention of any doubts we might have.

There is a strength of conviction that can only come from being 100% wrong.

The amount of electricity that has been saved in spite of Vice President Cheney saying that efficiency is only a moral virtue ... and that you need increased supply like ANWR-is two ANWRs worth of energy.