We are as gods and have to get good at it.

JOHN TIERNEY un des éditorialiste du New York Time conclut son article "For Earth Day, 7 New Rules to Live By" à l'occasion de l'anniversaire du jour de la terre par cette sentence :

7. We are as gods and have to get good at it.

Nous sommes des dieux et nous devons devenir aussi bons que des dieux !

Dans un autre article JOHN TIERNEY pour le New York Time  écrivait :

In dozens of studies, researchers identified Kuznets curves for a variety of environmental problems. There are exceptions to the trend, especially in countries with inept governments and poor systems of property rights, but in general, richer is eventually greener. As incomes go up, people often focus first on cleaning up their drinking water, and then later on air pollutants like sulfur dioxide.