Greg Giraldo Quotes

It makes no sense to make people drive cars.

Carpooling is important for urban density, air pollution and other reasons, but carpooling is not the kind of thing that actually changes the energy equation.

I don't have a car and have decided never to own one.

Drugs support terrorism? No, your SUV supports terrorism.

I think sci-fi films have become rather bleak, and understandably so - I think we've made some big mistakes globally with how we're developing, and we deal with that guilt by creating these very dystopian futures in films.

I've got two bikes that get me everywhere I need to go. And public transportation.

I don't run a car, have never run a car. I could say that this is because I have this extremely tender environmentalist conscience, but the fact is I hate driving.

I am not suggesting that just by taking the Metro, I will save billions. But I hope others will follow.

I'd rather go by bus.

There is nothing wrong from divesting from coal. It certainly is immoral to profit from the extraction of fossil fuels... But we ask these college students to just divest. Nothing happens. People just sell their stock.

I like to walk when I can. Otherwise, it's the bus - while we still have them.

The fossil fuel industry for too long has shifted enormous costs of carbon pollution onto the public.

A vegan riding a hummer contributes less to greenhouse gas emissions than a meat eater riding a bicycle.

The Keystone pipeline will spew a massive amount of carbon pollution into our fragile atmosphere. It should be stopped.

The thing about global warming is that you can address it on a great number of levels - in fact you have to.

Ozone and climate are global issues, and it's hard to find a way in which the benefits of shutting down carbon emissions are going to pay for themselves for any given power-plant, say.

Sometimes when you get an opportunity to appropriate your work, or use whatever collateral you have, for something good, you think, "Well, yeah, you should do this." You're not in any way qualified to do it, but I was so sick of hearing so many unqualified people say that global warming doesn't exist, I thought, "Well, I'm no less qualified than they are, so I can deal with doing it."

This walking business is overrated: I mastered the art of doing it when I was quite small, and in any case, what are taxis for?

The idea of a young thin woman who weighs 100 pounds driving herself around in a 4,000 pound SUV is laughable.

I think all countries need to aim to cut the CO2 emissions per person, taking account of externalities like imports and exports.

... the consensus of the scientific community has shifted from skepticism to near-unanimous acceptance of the evidence of an artificial greenhouse effect. Second, while artificial climate change may have some beneficial effects, the odds are we're not going to like it. Third, reducing emissions of greenhouse gases may turn out to be much more practical and affordable than currently assumed.

Climate change is a real deal. So, hey deniers - cut it out, and let's get to work.

Global warming causes volatility. I feel it when I'm flying.

Alone among businesses, the fossil-fuel industry is allowed to dump its main waste, carbon dioxide, for free.

When it comes to climate, we can all make a big difference.