Dennis Meadows

thumb|Dennis Meadows (2012) Dennis Lynn Meadows (born June 7, 1942) is an American scientist and Emeritus Professor of Systems Management, and former director of the Institute for Policy and Social Science Research at the University of New Hampshire. He is widely known as a co-author of The Limits to Growth. Quotes The important thing to realise: we don’t consider climate change to be a problem — it’s a symptom. When you have physical growth in a finite planet, pressures are going to mount to stop the growth. And climate change is one of those pressures. So it’s a symptom of our efforts to keep promoting physical growth in a finite planet. You know, ironically, if we solved climate change, if we could somehow push a magic button and eliminate greenhouse gasses... but continue with our growth, we’ll just have to see bigger pressures in other sectors. Then water scarcity, or epidemics, or warfare or some other pressure will have to become even more powerful, because finally the pressures against growth have to equal the pressures in favour of growth. And only when they’re equal, growth will stop. 2017 interview following a lecture at Nyenrode Business University: External links Category:Living people Category:Systems scientists Category:Economists from the United States Category:Non-fiction authors from the United States Category:Massachusetts Institute of Technology alumni Category:Academics from the United States Category:1942 births