The Population Problem Has No Technical Solution;

No One Should Be Able To Enter A Wilderness By Mechanical Means.

However, I Think The Major Opposition To Ecology Has Deeper Roots Than Mere Economics; Ecology Threatens Widely Held Values So Fundamental That They Must Be Called Religious.

Fundamentalists Are Panicked By The Apparent Disintegration Of The Family, The Disappearance Of Certainty And The Decay Of Morality. Fear Leads Them To Ask, If We Cannot Trust The Bible, What Can We Trust?

The Rational Man Finds That His Share Of The Cost Of The Wastes He Discharges Into The Commons Is Less Than The Cost Of Purifying His Wastes Before Releasing Them.

The Essence Of Dramatic Tragedy Is Not Unhappiness. It Resides In The Solemnity Of The Remorseless Working Of Things.