Not exact matches
I love the
energy and excitement
of running an entrepreneurial business,
of taking
risks in a relatively traditional industry, and carving
out a path not yet taken.
But we are
running out of environment — that is,
out of the capacity
of the environment to absorb
energy's impacts without
risk of intolerable disruption — and our heavy dependence on oil in particular entails not only environmental but also economic and political liabilities.
I was fast
running out of energy, my six months backpacking through South East Asia having left me scarily unfit, so I would have to get up soon or
risk the embarrassment
of having Ronny drag me up.
Surely the theoretical
risk of accidents (catastrophes if you like) associated with civil nuclear reactors are on an insignificant scale relative to the
risks faced by humanity by
running out of energy.