Sylvia Earle Quotes & Sayings (Page 8)
Sylvia Earle quotes and sayings page 8 (scientist). Here's quote # 71 through 80 out of the 85 we have.
“Since the middle of the 20th century, more has been learnt about the ocean than during all preceding human history; at the same time, more has been lost.”
“Our insatiable appetite for fossil fuels and the corporate mandate to maximize shareholder value encourages drilling without taking into account the costs to the ocean, even without major spills.”
“I am not in any hurry to grow up.”
“I personally have stopped eating seafood.”
“I have heard endlessly that fish are so resilient that there is no way that you could exterminate a species. We are learning otherwise.”
“Meat reared on land matures relatively quickly, and it takes only a few pounds of plants to produce a pound of meat.”
“There are some who would like to see the oil rigs removed right down to the ground once their job is done, and there are others, and I count myself among them, who think that once they are in place they begin to be adopted by life in the ocean as a habitat.”
“Any astronaut can tell you you've got to do everything you can to learn about your life support system and then do everything you can to take care of it.”
“I would love to slip into the skin of a fish and know what it's like to be one. They have senses that I can only dream about. They have a lateral line down their whole body that senses motion, but maybe it does more than that.”
“It's mainly the high-end luxury market now that drives much of the fishing in the sea. It's not feeding the starving millions. It's feeding a luxury market.”
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