Quotes by Lester Brown

“The fossil-fuel based, auto-centered economy of the United States threatens not only the world energy supply, but also the climate,”

“Humanitys collective demands have exceeded the earths regenerative capacity by 26 percent. It is fearful that there are still large numbers of people dreaming the American dream, hoping to consume like the Americans.”

“The transition from a world of expanding oil to one of shrinking oil will be a shift of seismic proportions. Oil prices may climb higher than any we can readily imagine.”

“The challenge is to build a new economy and to do it at wartime speed before we miss so many of the natures deadlines that the economic system begins to unravel.”

“The fossil-fuel based, auto-centered economy of the United States threatens not only the world energy supply, but also the climate,”

“Humanitys collective demands have exceeded the earths regenerative capacity by 26 percent,”

“The transition from a world of expanding oil to one of shrinking oil will be a shift of seismic proportions. Oil prices may climb higher than any we can readily imagine,”

“The challenge is to build a new economy and to do it at wartime speed before we miss so many of the natures deadlines that the economic system begins to unravel,”

“Were putting the supermarket in competition with the corner filling station for the output of the farm.”

“Our global civilization today is on an economic path that is environmentally unsustainable, a path that is leading us toward economic decline and eventual collapse.”