Steve Sawyer Quotations

There's a long list of migratory species ending up further north. It's certainly a sign of warmer temperatures.

The Americans, Saudis and Japanese have got what they want.

The transformative nature of technology is not from increases in efficiency or effectiveness. The transformations are embedded in second-level effects--that is, the unimagined and unintended innovations that give rise to changes in organizations, markets and social interactions.

If that's all that comes out of here then it's not enough.

The Kyoto protocol doesn't amount to much in terms of emissions reductions but at least it breaks the curve (of rising emissions) among countries that have accepted its targets.

The delegates in Buenos Aires have to be reminded that climate change is not something which will happen in the future, it is happening now, most dramatically in the Arctic. The main cause is clear and undisputed. Increased carbon dioxide in the atmosphere due to the burning of fossil fuels is accepted as the main cause of climate change by all scientists save those working for the fossil fuel industry. Polar bears may be some of the earliest victims, but the rest of us are not far behind.

The expectation was that real estate agents would go away once consumers could see all the home listing information, but the number of real estate agents has increased, not decreased, in the last 10 years.

The break in the talks is a good thing for energy.

This is a very long way from a consensus document. It's a giant step backwards and ignores all the negative lessons of the 1970s oil shocks.

They're supposed to be working up an action plan with targets and timetables and the means of implementation. We can talk about partnerships after they've done that.