Peter Barrett quotes

“A warming of this magnitude would risk the end of civilization as we know it by the end of this century.”
-- Peter Barrett

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“Our insatiable drive to rummage deep beneath the surface of the earth is a willful expansion of our dysfunctional civilization into Nature.”

“The consensus is clear. We need an immediate and determined shift to a clean, renewable economy. The continued mass burning of fossil fuels is inconsistent with a healthy, prosperous future for our civilization.”

“The poet exposes himself to the risk. All that has been said about poetry, all that he has learned about poetry, is only a partial assurance.”

Source : A. R. Ammons (1996). “Set in motion: essays, interviews, and dialogues”, Univ of Michigan Pr

“I enjoy the risk of bungee-jumping. I used to pay money to do it. Now, it's the opposite. I get paid to do action.”

“The job of dictator is now a high-risk job.”

“We are running out of time, we must have a planetary solution to a planetary crisis.”

“It's not five minutes to midnight. It's five minutes after midnight.”

Source : "Road to nowhere" by David Cronin, www.theguardian.com. May 7, 2008.

“We are just about to cross the 400 parts per million threshold.”

“We are on the verge of a global transformation. All we need is the right major crisis...”

Source : "Common Sense 2009" by Larry Flynt, www.huffingtonpost.com. September 20, 2009.

“People working on climate change should prepare for catastrophic success.”

Source : "'Climate Change War' Is Not a Metaphor". Interview with Eric Holthaus, www.slate.com. April 18, 2014.