Only tangentially related, but this quote from the former VP/Prime Minister of the UAE, and Ruler of Dubai, has always stuck with me, and I think explains a lot of why so many in the region are...
Only tangentially related, but this quote from the former VP/Prime Minister of the UAE, and Ruler of Dubai, has always stuck with me, and I think explains a lot of why so many in the region are desperately trying to move away from oil and fossil fuel reliance as much as possible:
"My grandfather rode a camel, my father rode a camel, I drive a Mercedes, my son drives a Land Rover, his son will drive a Land Rover, but his son will ride a camel" -Rashid bin Saeed Al Maktoum
Hah! One of my favourite quotes. We've come into the industrialised era very quickly, it's not hard to see without good stewardship of the environment and the planet how we could just as easily...
Hah! One of my favourite quotes. We've come into the industrialised era very quickly, it's not hard to see without good stewardship of the environment and the planet how we could just as easily slip out of it too. For all the criticism he gets, Musk is kind of right when he says "there may be a very short window where these things [spaceships, Teslas] are possible".
Stephen Hawking had said similar as well. IIRC he figured if we don't manage to GTFO off this planet by 2600, and/or drastically change our ways, we may ultimately be doomed as a species.
Stephen Hawking had said similar as well. IIRC he figured if we don't manage to GTFO off this planet by 2600, and/or drastically change our ways, we may ultimately be doomed as a species.
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Only tangentially related, but this quote from the former VP/Prime Minister of the UAE, and Ruler of Dubai, has always stuck with me, and I think explains a lot of why so many in the region are desperately trying to move away from oil and fossil fuel reliance as much as possible:
"My grandfather rode a camel, my father rode a camel, I drive a Mercedes, my son drives a Land Rover, his son will drive a Land Rover, but his son will ride a camel" -Rashid bin Saeed Al Maktoum
Hah! One of my favourite quotes. We've come into the industrialised era very quickly, it's not hard to see without good stewardship of the environment and the planet how we could just as easily slip out of it too. For all the criticism he gets, Musk is kind of right when he says "there may be a very short window where these things [spaceships, Teslas] are possible".
Stephen Hawking had said similar as well. IIRC he figured if we don't manage to GTFO off this planet by 2600, and/or drastically change our ways, we may ultimately be doomed as a species.