Paul Driessen Quotes

• Had today's technophobic zealots [environmental activists] been in charge in previous centuries, we would have to roll human progress back to the Middle Ages - and beyond, since even fire, the wheel and organic farming pose risks, and none would have passed the "absolute safety" test the zealots demand. Putting them in charge now would mean an end to progress, and perpetual deprivation for inhabitants of developing nations.

  Paul Driessen

  Mean, Fire, Safety

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• A couple degrees warmer would be good for humanity and planet, especially with more plant-fertilizing carbon dioxide in the air. [...] But a couple degrees colder would bring serious adverse consequences for habitats, wildlife, agriculture and humanity."

  Paul Driessen

  Couple, Agriculture, Air

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• Qué diferencia han supuesto esas 120 ppm adicionales para las plantas y para los animales y seres humanos que dependen de ellas. Cuanto más dióxido de carbono hay en la atmósfera, más lo absorben las plantas de todo tipo - - y más rápido y mejor crecen, incluso en condiciones adversas como escasez de agua, temperaturas del aire extremadamente altas o infestaciones de insectos, malas hierbas y otras plagas. A medida que los árboles, las hierbas, las algas y los cultivos crecen más rápidamente y se vuelven más sanos y robustos, los animales y los seres humanos disfrutan de una mejor nutrición en un planeta cada vez más verde.

  Paul Driessen

  Weed, Animal, Air

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• The day the world runs out of oil is much farther in the future than green activists care to admit. That is clear from data compiled by Dr. Robert Bradley, Jr. at the Institute for Energy Research.

  Paul Driessen

  Running, Data, Oil

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• To block the construction of centralized power projects, as not being 'appropriate' or 'sustainable' is to condemn billions of people to continued poverty and disease-and millions to premature death.

  Paul Driessen

  Block, People, Energy

  Paul Driessen (2003). “Eco-imperialism: Green Power, Black Death”, Merril Press

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• No utilizar combustibles fósiles equivale a no utilizar energía. Es un suicidio económico y un homicidio ecológico.

  Paul Driessen

  Suicide, Energy, Fuel

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• Imposing excessive new regulations, or closing coal-fired power plants, would produce few health or environmental benefits. But it would exact huge costs on society - and bring factories, offices and economies to a screeching halt in states that are 80-98% dependent on coal: Indiana, Kentucky, Missouri, North Dakota, Ohio, Utah, West Virginia and Wyoming.

  Paul Driessen

  Virginia, Ohio, Utah

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