List of James Hansen Quotes

The Urgency Derives From The Nearness Of Climate Tipping Points.

'goals' And 'caps' On Carbon Emissions Are Practically Worthless, If Coal Emissions Continue, Because Of The Exceedingly Long Lifetime Of Carbon Dioxide In The Air.

The Danger Is That The Compromises And Special Interests Inherent In Kyoto-style Targets And Cap-and-trade Will Be Accepted Because Of Bureaucratic Momentum.

Because Cap And Trade Is Enforced Through The Selling And Trading Of Permits, It Actually Perpetuates The Pollution It Is Supposed To Eliminate.

I Have Been Described As The Grandfather Of Climate Change. In Fact, I Am Just A Grandfather And I Do Not Want My Grandchildren To Say That Grandpa Understood What Was Happening But Didn't Make It Clear.

The United States Did Not Sign Kyoto, Yet Its Emissions Are Not That Different From The Countries That Did Sign It.

It's As Certain That As Long As Fossil Fuels Are The Cheapest Energy, We Will Just Keep Burning Them.

'cap And Trade' Generates Special Interests, Lobbyists, And Trading Schemes, Yielding Non-productive Millionaires, All At Public Expense. The Public Is Fed Up With Such Business. Tax With 100% Dividend, In Contrast, Would Spur Our Economy, While Aiding The Disadvantaged, The Climate, And Our National Security.

Jail Threats Did Not Dissuade Martin Luther King - And Intergenerational Justice Is A Moral Issue Of Comparable Magnitude To Civil Rights.

I Think We Have A Very Brief Window Of Opportunity To Deal With Climate Change. No Longer Than A Decade At Most.

Well, You Know What Happens To Crime When The Heat Goes Up.

The Five-year Mean Global Temperature Has Been Flat For The Last Decade