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. David R. Brower consumptioncontinuecool share on social
We've got to search back to our last known safe landmark. I can't say exactly where, but I think it's back there at the start of the Industrial Revolution, we began applying energy in vast amounts to tools with which we began tearing the environment apart. David R. Brower amountapplyback share on social
Once we open the door to the plutonium economy, we expose ourselves to absolutely terrible, horrifying risks from these people. David R. Brower absolutelydooreconomy Change image and share on social
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.' David R. Brower dependhideinstance share on social
It seems that every time mankind is given a lot of energy, we go out and wreck something with it. David R. Brower energylotmankind Change image and share on social
We are at the edge of an abyss and we're close to being irrevocably lost. David R. Brower abysscloseedge Change image and share on social
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. David R. Brower amountenergyextremely Change image and share on social
I was actually telling people that - by harnessing the atom - we could enter a new era of unlimited power that would do away with the need to dam our beautiful streams. David R. Brower atombeautifuldam Change image and share on social
When people say, 'You're not being realistic,' they're just trying to tag some thoughts that they can't otherwise handle. David R. Brower handlepeoplerealistic Change image and share on social