If you think the ocean isn't important, imagine Earth without it. Mars comes to mind. No ocean, no life support system.

It's a fact of life that there will be oil spills, as long as oil is moved from place to place, but we must have provisions to deal with them, and a capability that is commensurate with the size of the oil shipments.

It is not too late to turn things around.

Rather than be afraid of evolution and try to stifle inquiry, people should revel in the joys of knowing and find a serenity and a joy in being a part the rest of life on Earth. Not apart from it, but a part of it.

Look at the bark of a redwood, and you see moss. If you peer beneath the bits and pieces of the moss, you'll see toads, small insects, a whole host of life that prospers in that miniature environment. A lumberman will look at a forest and see so many board feet of lumber. I see a living city.

Eating wildlife is probably not the smartest thing that we can do in terms of maintaining the integrity of natural systems.

I want to get out in the water. I want to see fish, real fish, not fish in a laboratory.