3 Quotes & Sayings By Ian Morris

Ian Morris is an award-winning science writer and broadcaster. His radio show, More or Less, has been broadcast on BBC Radio 4 since 2002 and was recently extended to a new series, co-presented with the Royal Society. He was awarded the CBE in the New Years Honours list in 2011. He was also named by Prospect magazine as "one of the top ten most influential public intellectuals" in 2012 and by the Spectator magazine as one of "Britain's best public intellectuals" in 2013.

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We are not going to reduce energy capture unless catastrophe forces us to–which means that the only way to avoid running out of resources, poisoning the planet, or both, will be by tapping into renewable, clean power. Ian Morris
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By 1870, Britain’s steam engines generated 4 million horsepower, equivalent to the work of 40 million men, who–if industry had still depended on muscles–would have eaten more than three times Britain’s entire wheat output. Ian Morris