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
Life clearly does more than adapt to the Earth. It changes the Earth to its own purposes. Evolution is a tightly coupled dance, with life and the material environment as partners. From the dance emerges the entity Gaia. James Lovelock adaptcoupledance share on social
I suspect any worries about genetic engineering may be unnecessary. Genetic mutations have always happened naturally, anyway. James Lovelock engineergenetichappen Change image and share on social
If a power station were to be built down the road, I'd prefer a nuclear plant over an oil burner, and definitely over a coal burner. We simply have to lessen our consumption of fossil fuels. James Lovelock buildburnercoal Change image and share on social
If it hadn't been for the Cold War, neither Russia nor America would have been sending people into space. James Lovelock americacoldpeople Change image and share on social
Fudging the data in any way whatsoever is quite literally a sin against the holy ghost of science. I'm not religious, but I put it that way because I feel so strongly. It's the one thing you do not ever do. You've got to have standards. James Lovelock datumfeelfudge 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
China will soon emit more greenhouse gases than America, but its regime knows if it caps aspirations there will be a revolution. James Lovelock americaaspirationcap Change image and share on social
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
