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If you start any large theory, such as quantum mechanics, plate tectonics, evolution, it takes about 40 years for mainstream science to come around. Gaia has been going for only 30 years or so.
— James Lovelock
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One pound of uranium is worth about 3 million pounds worth of coal or oil.
— James Lovelock
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I'm a scientist, not a theologian. I don't know if there is a God or not. Religion requires certainty.
— James Lovelock
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So-called 'sustainable development'... is meaningless drivel.
— James Lovelock
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We'd never have got a chance to go outside and look at the earth if it hadn't been for space exploration and NASA.
— James Lovelock
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You mustn't take what I say as gospel because no one can second-guess the future.
— James Lovelock
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