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I see no reason to have my shirts ironed. It's irrational.

~Barry Commoner

Topics: Irrational No Reason Reason See Shirts I See

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Seen that way, the wholesale transformation of production technologies that is mandated by pollution prevention creates a new surge of economic development.

~Barry Commoner

Topics: Creates Development Economic Economic Development New Pollution Prevention Production Seen Surge Technologies Transformation Way Wholesale

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As the earth spins through space, a view from above the North Pole would encompass most of the wealth of the world - most of its food, productive machines, doctors, engineers and teachers. A view from the opposite pole would encompass most of the world's poor.

~Barry Commoner

Topics: Above Doctors Earth Encompass Engineers Food Machines Most North Opposite Pole Poor Productive Space Teachers Through View Wealth World Would

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In every case, the environmental hazards were made known only by independent scientists, who were often bitterly opposed by the corporations responsible for the hazards.

~Barry Commoner

Topics: Case Corporations Environmental Every Hazards Independent Known Made Often Only Opposed Responsible Scientists Were Who

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It reflects a prevailing myth that production technology is no more amenable to human judgment or social interests than the laws of thermodynamics, atomic structure or biological inheritance.

~Barry Commoner

Topics: Atomic Biological Human Inheritance Interests Judgment Laws More Myth Prevailing Production Reflects Social Structure Technology Than Thermodynamics

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What I have experienced over time is that environmental problems are easier to deal with in ways that don't go into their interconnections to the rest of what we are.

~Barry Commoner

Topics: Deal Easier Environmental Environmental Problems Experienced Go Over Problems Rest Time Ways

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I don't believe in environmentalism as the solution to anything. What I believe is that environmentalism illuminates the things that need to be done to solve all of the problems together.

~Barry Commoner

Topics: Anything Believe Done Environmentalism Illuminates Need Problems Solution Solve Things Together I Believe

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World War II had a very important impact on the development of technology, as a whole.

~Barry Commoner

Topics: Development Had Impact Important Technology Very War Whole World World War World War Ii

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All of the clean technologies are known, it's a question of simply applying them.

~Barry Commoner

Topics: Applying Clean Known Question Simply Technologies Them

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My entry into the environmental arena was through the issue that so dramatically - and destructively - demonstrates the link between science and social action: nuclear weapons.

~Barry Commoner

Topics: Action Arena Between Dramatically Entry Environmental Issue Link Nuclear Nuclear Weapons Science Social Through Weapons

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Scientist

Born: May 28th, 1917

Died: September 30th, 2012

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