"If mankind is going to continue to be penny wise and pound foolish," says Feng P'eng-nien, an experienced television meteorologist, "then we're really headed down a one-way street and there's no going back."
「科學家能力有限，人類歷史太短」，一位生態保育人士莫可奈何地說，眼前的利益，使人不願看到長遠的影響。「人類若還停留在這種斤斤計較上」，馮鵬年也說出他長久以來的想法：「那我們走的就真是一條單行道，只能硬著頭皮往前走，沒有回頭路。」