The idea that we’re going to replace oil and natural gas with solar and wind, and nothing else, is a hallucinatory delusion. Michael Shellenberger Read Quote
Paid child care would make child care more efficient, allowing more children to be cared for by fewer adults, and thus free up parents to work more. Michael Shellenberger Read Quote
Why are the people who are most alarmist about climate change so opposed to the technologies that are solving it? One possibility is that they truly believe nuclear and natural gas are as dangerous as climate change. Michael Shellenberger Read Quote
Before progressives were apocalyptic about climate change they were apocalyptic about nuclear energy. Then, after the Cold War ended, and the threat of nuclear war declined radically, they found a new vehicle for their secular apocalypse in the form of climate change. Michael Shellenberger Read Quote
The flip side of renewables’ low energy density is their low return on energy invested. Michael Shellenberger Read Quote
The industrial revolution in England was only made possible through intensified agriculture and the use of coal for manufacturing, which delivered far more energy for far less labor. Michael Shellenberger Read Quote
Nobody is suggesting climate change won’t negatively impact crop yields. It could. But such declines should be put in perspective. Michael Shellenberger Read Quote
Allowing for suburbanization of California’s ranches and farmlands would still allow for strong protections of California’s truly natural areas like Yosemite, the redwoods, and oak woodlands and green spaces near cities. Michael Shellenberger Read Quote
