American - Environmentalist | July 1, 1912 - November 5, 2000
What happens when the guy who runs the reactor gets out of bed wrong or decides, for some reason, that he wants to override his instruction sheet some afternoon?
David R. Brower
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It's very hard for me to know what to say about fusion right now, inasmuch as it is not yet scientifically feasible. I just can't understand how so many people are able to predict so much about something that still isn't scientifically possible.
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I will say this, - though: If it is true that fusion will put unlimited amounts of energy into our hands, then I'm worried. Our record on this score is extremely poor.
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It seems that every time mankind is given a lot of energy, we go out and wreck something with it.
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All I know about thermal pollution is that if we continue our present rate of growth in electrical energy consumption it will simply take, by the year 2000, all our freshwater streams to cool the generators and reactors.
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Understanding how DNA transmits all it knows about cancer, physics, dreaming and love will keep man searching for some time.
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It is absolutely imperative that we protect, preserve and pass on this genetic heritage for man and every other living thing in as good a condition as we received it.
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They simply don't know that much about what they're doing. There isn't enough control. There isn't enough capability in ordinary people to tinker with such a complicated piece of machinery.
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It's like turning the space program over to the Long Island Railroad.
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'Realistic' is a loaded word for me. Anyone who uses the word 'realistic' is all bad.
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When people say, 'You're not being realistic,' they're just trying to tag some thoughts that they can't otherwise handle.
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What's even more unsettling is the way these people hide what they're doing from the public. They strip the labels off miracle wheat when they ship it, for instance, and say, 'Watch out. Don't plant too much and don't depend on it too much.'
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