Howard T. Odum quotes
Published: June 10, 2007, 11:31 am
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"I have played many roles sometimes with the majority, but more often attempting to shock the scientific establishment into a better view."
~ Comments and thanks to Students and Associates, Handout on the Occasion of the Celebration in Chapel Hill, N.C. "Advances in Understanding Ecological Systems", August 31-September, 2 (1989)
"A whole generation of citizens thought that the carrying capacity of the earth was proportional to the amount of land under cultivation and that higher efficiencies in using the energy of the sun had arrived. This is a sad hoax, for industrial man no longe eats potatoes made from solar energy, now he eats potatoes partly made of oil."
~ Environment, Power and Society (1971)
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Cutler J. Cleveland (Lead Author);Ida Kubiszewski PhD (Topic Editor) "Howard T. Odum quotes". In: Encyclopedia of Earth. Eds. Cutler J. Cleveland (Washington, D.C.: Environmental Information Coalition, National Council for Science and the Environment). [First published in the Encyclopedia of Earth June 10, 2007; Last revised Date June 10, 2007; Retrieved May 18, 2013 <http://www.eoearth.org/article/Howard_T._Odum_quotes>
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Cutler J. Cleveland is Professor of Earth and Environment at Boston University, where he also is on the faculty of the Center for Energy and Environmental Studies. Professor Cleveland is Editor-in-Chief of the Encyclopedia of Energy (Elsevier, 2004), winner of an American Library Association award, the Dictionary of Energy (Elsevier, 2005), Handbook of Energy (Elsevier, forthcoming), and is the Founding Editor-in-Chief of the Encyclopedia of Earth. He is the recipient of the Adelma ... (Full Bio)
"I have played many roles sometimes with the majority, but more often attempting to shock the scientific establishment into a better view."
~ Comments and thanks to Students and Associates, Handout on the Occasion of the Celebration in Chapel Hill, N.C. "Advances in Understanding Ecological Systems", August 31-September, 2 (1989)
"A whole generation of citizens thought that the carrying capacity of the earth was proportional to the amount of land under cultivation and that higher efficiencies in using the energy of the sun had arrived. This is a sad hoax, for industrial man no longe eats potatoes made from solar energy, now he eats potatoes partly made of oil."
~ Environment, Power and Society (1971)
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