"Congress, mired in its false debate about whether global warming was even happening, wouldn't pay for any studies of the flow of the North Atlantic Current, even though it is the lifeblood of the world" (page 2).
This quote emphasizes how ignorance, as well as the lack of funds, is blocking the development of scientific venture. Therefore, money is not as valuable as knowledge because this knowledge may help the future.
"This standard notice never reached anyone who might have been concerned about its true meaning" (page 2).
This quote displays that people simply do not concern themselves with about the environment and their daily surroundings. Thus, people do not care about what happens in the world until trouble hits.
"Had the scientists working on the Atlantic Change Experiment known what had happened, they would have certainly have been alarmed" (page 3).
This quote shows that the effect of what ignorance and not taking action sooner could do. Thus, the research the scientists could have done if it wasn't for the lack of resources, would've have greatly impacted the world's alertness of global warming.
"Once, people would have been laughing. Nobody was laughing now" (page 4).
This quote illustrates how people are reacting to the weather change, even though they were warned of this disaster and had the chance to change this dilemma. Thus, if people had taken the warnings more seriously, then we wouldn't be in this dreadful situation.
"The scientists predicted that the earth will shortly be warmer than it has been in millions of years" (page 11).
This quote emphasizes how not only the United States, but the world as a whole will be greatly effected due to this weather change. In addition, since it "has been in millions of years," this means that this occurence had just recently happened because of our lack of responsibility to help scientific research to develop and make the world a better place.
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