At the end of the day, no amount of investing, no amount of clean electrons, no amount of energy efficiency will save the natural world if we are not paying attention to it - if we are not paying attention to all the things that nature give us for free: clean air, clean water, breathtaking vistas, mountains for skiing, rivers for fishing, oceans for sailing, sunsets for poets, and landscapes for painters. What good is it to have wind-powered lights to brighten the night if you can't see anything green during the day? Just because we can't sell shares in nature doesn't mean it has no value.
A vision without resources is an hallucination. - Thomas Friedman
A vision without resources is an hallucination.
- Thomas Friedman
Your boss doesn't care what you know, because the Google machine knows everything. Your boss cares about what you can do with what you know. That's t… - Thomas Friedman
Your boss doesn't care what you know, because the Google machine knows everything. Your boss cares about what you can do with what you know. That's t…
I've always believed the world would be a better place if more people everywhere have a chance to shape their own future and realize their full poten… - Thomas Friedman
I've always believed the world would be a better place if more people everywhere have a chance to shape their own future and realize their full poten…
In the future, how we educate our children may prove to be more important than how much we educate them. - Thomas Friedman
In the future, how we educate our children may prove to be more important than how much we educate them.
What every employer is looking for is not someone who can do the job, but someone who can reinvent the job. - Thomas Friedman
What every employer is looking for is not someone who can do the job, but someone who can reinvent the job.
The thing you have to remember is, oil and gas are commodities, and the more we use them the more the price goes up, like any commodity. Solar, wind … - Thomas Friedman
The thing you have to remember is, oil and gas are commodities, and the more we use them the more the price goes up, like any commodity. Solar, wind …
Pessimists are usually right and optimists are usually wrong but all the great changes have been accomplished by optimists. - Thomas Friedman
Pessimists are usually right and optimists are usually wrong but all the great changes have been accomplished by optimists.
Hope and optimism aren't just attitudes, they are life strategies. - Thomas Friedman
Hope and optimism aren't just attitudes, they are life strategies.
The country that owns green, that dominates that industry, is going to have the most energy security, national security, economic security, competiti… - Thomas Friedman
The country that owns green, that dominates that industry, is going to have the most energy security, national security, economic security, competiti…
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