"There is no place where we can safely store worn-out reactors or their garbage. No place!" ― David R. Brower Topic(s): Environmental More From David R. Brower "It seems that every time mankind is given a lot of energy, we go out and wreck something with it." "It is absolutely imperative that we protect, preserve and pass on this genetic heritage for man and every other living thing in as good a condition as we received it." "All I know about thermal pollution is that if we continue our present rate of growth in electrical energy consumption it will simply take, by the year 2000, all our freshwater streams to cool the generators and reactors." More In Environmental "A variety of factors contribute to the price of gasoline in the United States. These factors include worldwide supply, demand and competition for crude oil, taxes, regional differences in access to gasoline supplies and environmental regulations."― Gary Miller "We won’t have a society if we destroy the environment."― Margaret Mead "Environmental policy must strike a balance between the earth’s best interests and our citizen’s pressing needs."― Jim Clyburn