Tim Flannery: Quotes about the world

Tim Flannery is Australian scientist and global warming activist. Explore interesting quotes on world.

Tim Flannery: 20 quotes0 likes

“At the time the Danes decided to back wind power, the cost of electricity produced this way was many times greater than that produced by fossil fuels. The Danish government, however, could see its potential and supported the industry until costs came down. Today Denmark leads the world in both wind power production and the building of turbines; and wind now supplies 21 percent of the country’s electricity. One striking aspect of the way that wind power has developed there is that some 85 percent of the capacity is owned by individuals or wind cooperatives, and so power lies in the hands of the people.”

Tim Flannery book The Weather Makers

Source: The Weather Makers (2005), Chapter 29 (p. 268)

“In our Gaian world, everything is connected to and influences everything else.”

Tim Flannery book The Weather Makers

Source: The Weather Makers (2005), Chapter 16 (p. 160)

“Nothing in predictive climate science is more certain than the extinction of many of the world’s mountain-dwelling species.”

Tim Flannery book The Weather Makers

Source: The Weather Makers (2005), Chapter 18 (p. 172)