Freeman Dyson Quotes

Global warming has become a new religion. We frequently hear about the number of scientists who support it. But the number is not important: only whether they are correct is important. We don't really know what the actual effect on the global temperature is. There are better ways to spend the money.

I honestly don't know, but if America continues to refuse to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions, I see a bleak future not only for American society, but for the world as a whole. This is a global problem that is not going away, and the United States is an obstacle to solving it.

Unfortunately the global warming hysteria, as I see it, is driven by politics more than by science.

The failure of world leaders to act on the critical issue of global warming is often blamed on economic considerations.

Esso has been the main one in America spreading the disinformation that there is no global warming problem.

The American people know that climate change is the kind of problem only America can solve.

There are very important questions around the climate issue that folks really don't get to. And that's one of the reasons why I've talked about having an honest, open, transparent debate about what do we know, what don't we know, so the American people can be informed and they can make decisions on their own with respect to these issues.

I'm not a scientist. That's why I don't want to have to deal with global warming, to tell you the truth.

When it comes to climate change and the environment, President Donald Trump is plain wrong.

Climate change is real and humans do contribute to those changes.

The argument [behind climate change] is absolute crap. However, the politics of this are tough for us. Eighty per cent of people believe climate change is a real and present danger.

The debate is over. The scientific community has spoken in a virtually unanimous voice. Climate change is real. It is caused by human activity.

The evidence for human-made climate change is overwhelming.

When we think about global warming at all, the arguments tend to be ideological, theological and economic.

Now, I do not, on any level, possess the expertise to argue about the science of anthropological global warming. Nor do you, most likely. This certainly doesn't mean an average citizen has the duty to do the lock step.

Parents don't take a baby's temperature to decide whether the room is too warm; likewise, for global warming, we need a story that spurs us to do what is necessary.

Unlike many in the conservative camp, I accept theories of global warming, and accept that man-made activity has played a part in global warming. My differences have only been on what the solutions should be.

There is an air of unreality in debating these arcane points when the world is changing in such dramatic ways right in front of our eyes because of global warming.

There's no shortage of Democrats who are at least as committed as Schwarzenegger to reducing greenhouse gases.

Among all the tests President Obama faced in his first term, his biggest failure was climate change.

Climate change should not fundamentally be seen as a political or partisan issue, but it has been turned into a political football primarily by the climate deniers who have a vested interested in maintaining the status quo. That includes certain industrial interests, financial interests and political interests.

Global warming is real - it is man-made and it is an important problem. But it is not the end of the world.

Al Gore is not just whistling in the wind. Global warming is for real. Every scientist knows that now, and we are on our way to the destruction of every species on earth, if we don't pay attention and reverse our course.

When the President was asked about global warming at a public appearance yesterday, he responded by talking about America's addiction to oil. You make the connection.

Climate change is the Everest of all problems, the thorniest challenge facing humankind.