American - Journalist | July 20, 1953 -
Rock stars get room keys, I get business cards. Wherever I go I meet innovators of wind power equipment, solar energy operators.
Thomas Friedman
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Presidents grow up in the White House. The times shape the man.
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What is al Qaeda? It's an open source religious political movement that works off the global supply chain.
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I love America. I think it's the best country in the world. But I also think we're not tending to our sauce.
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I've been a critic of the antiglobalization movement, and they've been a critic of me, but the one thing I respect about the movement is their authentic energy. These are not people who don't care about the world.
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I'm a capitalist. I believe in capitalism. But capitalism only works if you have safety nets to deal with people who are naturally left behind and brutalized by it.
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We need better neighbors, neighbors that care about the schools in their neighborhood whether they have kids in them or not, because they know that the health and vitality of that neighborhood depends on it.
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Golf has an ambivalent relationship with the environment. On one hand, it's a great preserver of open spaces. Golf doesn't pave the world - it helps to green the world. But the downside is, it uses a lot of fertilizer, pesticides and water.
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A golf course should aspire to generate as much energy as it consumes - golf should be leading the way toward energy net zero.
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Every golf course should have its carbon rating on the scorecard, alongside its Course Rating, Slope, par and yardage.
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Do you know what my favorite renewable fuel is? An ecosystem for innovation.
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We say that necessity is the mother of invention, and no country has more of a necessity to develop clean power than China.
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