Quotes About Impacts

A young psychiatrist, himself newly recovered from porn-induced sexual dysfunction,[182] pointed out that the internet porn phenomenon is only 10 or 15 years old, and way ahead of the research. He notes: Medical research works at a snail's pace. With luck we'll be addressing this in 20 or 30 years ... when half the male population is incapacitated. Drug companies can't sell any medications by someone quitting porn. We

The bottom line is that the impacts of climate change can exacerbate resource competition, threaten livelihoods, and increase the risk of instability and conflict, especially in places already undergoing economic, political, and social stress.

Corporate tax dodging impacts us across generations and over time. It is corrosive. It is unethical. It is unsustainable.

If recycling is the future, then we must focus our efforts on mitigating negative impacts to our community while protecting our environment.

Irish research will contribute to global progress and have the potential to help all countries realise the potential of their land sectors in addressing climate change - this means reducing emissions, adapting to impacts, and enhancing and improving carbon sinks.

Climate impacts hit working people first, and with extreme weather events, changing seasons, and rising sea levels, whole communities stand on the front lines.

Immense wealth translates automatically into immense environmental impacts, regardless of the intentions of those who possess it.

Virtually all these "good" reforms failed and mired us in all manner of unintended consequences.

People respond to incentives, although not necessarily in ways that are predictor manifest. Therefore, one of the most powerful laws in the universe is the law of unintended consequences." ??SuperFreakonomics??

COVID relief means not only addressing the health impacts of this pandemic, but also rebuilding our economy.

While we know, on average, that certain positions experience more repetitive head impacts and are more likely at greater risk for CTE, no position is immune.

I represent the Port of Philadelphia, and I know firsthand the important role that ports play in the national and global economy. I have also seen how simple accidents can have devastating impacts on the port system.

The impacts of climate change are almost immeasurable.

The impacts of climate change are not going to get better; they are going to get worse.

There has been a huge advance in technology, which has improved the safety of the cars incredibly, but there are still some heavy crash impacts and in certain circumstances there is still the chance of fire today.

We have documented in this book that: • Cost overruns of 50 per cent to 100 per cent in real terms are common in megaprojects; overruns above 100 per cent are not uncommon; • Demand forecasts that are wrong by 20 per cent to 70 per cent compared with actual developments are common; • The extent and magnitude of actual environmental impacts of projects are often very different from forecast impacts. Post-auditing is neglected;

Only when the oil and gas industry has taken full account of, and responsibility for, the impacts of exploring for and extracting fossil fuels can we engage in a serious and worthy evaluation of whether fracking can indeed provide a bridge to a sustainable energy future.

The art of economics consists in looking not merely at the immediate but at the longer effects of any act or policy; it consists in tracing the consequences of that policy not merely for one group but for all groups.

Macroeconomic policy can never be devoid of politics: it involves fundamental trade-offs and affects different groups differently.

Markets are lethal, if only because of ignoring externalities, the impacts of their transactions on the environment.

Somehow, from this Gilbert concluded that the Moon's craters were indeed formed by impacts—in itself quite a radical notion for the time—but

California cars have no closer link to California climate impacts than do cars on the road in Japan or anywhere else in the world.

The art of economics consists in looking not merely at the immediate but at the longer effects of any act or policy; it consists in tracing the consequences of that policy not merely for one group but for all groups. 2

es forzoso que examinemos no sólo los resultados inmediatos que su adopción producirá, sino también los resultados a largo plazo; no sólo las consecuencias primarias, sino también las secuelas secundarias, y no sólo sus efectos sobre un sector determinado de intereses, sino sobre toda la colectividad.