“We don’t need pushing to the sides. What we need is the dull, factually correct and accurate middle. Because only from that middle will come the solutions. Solutions never come from extremes. It’s also irresponsible to state the problem in ways where, when you look closer, it’s not like that. There are these billions of people who want to burn more fossil fuel. There is very little you can do about that. They will burn it unless you give them something different. But who will give them something different? You have to recognize the realities of the world, and the realities of the world tend to be unpleasant, discouraging and depressing.”

I agree with all that except the conclusion. I don’t think we need to be so dour. The world is moving incredibly fast. China installed more wind energy last year than the entire world installed in the past 5 years. Dubai is on track to be 100% solar powered by 2050. We have solutions like stratospheric sulfur injections that we don’t want to use, but could if the permafrost starts melting. The world is not all doom. I love his anti-politics politics, though.