If we gave up eating beef we would have roughly 20 to 30 times more land for food than we have now. James Lovelock beefeatfood Change image and share on social
Geological change usually takes thousands of years to happen but we are seeing the climate changing not just in our lifetimes but also year by year. James Lovelock changeclimategeological Change image and share on social
So-called 'sustainable development'... is meaningless drivel. James Lovelock calldevelopmentdrivel Change image and share on social
An inefficient virus kills its host. A clever virus stays with it. James Lovelock cleverhostinefficient Change image and share on social
There aren't just bad people that commit genocide; we are all capable of it. It's our evolutionary history. James Lovelock badcapablecommit Change image and share on social
I don't think we're yet evolved to the point where we're clever enough to handle a complex a situation as climate change. The inertia of humans is so huge that you can't really do anything meaningful. James Lovelock changecleverclimate Change image and share on social
One pound of uranium is worth about 3 million pounds worth of coal or oil. James Lovelock coalmillionoil Change image and share on social
Gas is almost a give-away in the U.S. at the moment. They've gone for fracking in a big way. This is what makes me very cross with the greens for trying to knock it... Let's be pragmatic and sensible and get Britain to switch everything to methane. We should be going mad on it. James Lovelock bigbritaincross share on social
We'd never have got a chance to go outside and look at the earth if it hadn't been for space exploration and NASA. James Lovelock chanceearthexploration Change image and share on social