# Quote — Tim Flannery, The Weather Makers

> This problem may not occur for several hundred years, but by the time we see the first signs, it will be far too late to do anything about it.

- Author: [Tim Flannery](https://www.leafyquotes.com/tim-flannery.md)
- Book: [The Weather Makers](https://www.leafyquotes.com/tim-flannery/the-weather-makers.md)
- Page: 186
- Source: [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Tim_Flannery#The_Weather_Makers_(2005)) ([CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/))
- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/tim-flannery/the-weather-makers/this-problem-may

## More from this book

> In our Gaian world, everything is connected to and influences everything else.

p. 160 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/tim-flannery/the-weather-makers/in-our-gaian.md)

> Kyoto questions the philosophies underpinning societies such as America and Australia, which cling to the myth of limitless growth.

p. 237 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/tim-flannery/the-weather-makers/kyoto-questions-the.md)

> It is imperative to get the smelters to pay a fair price for their power; otherwise, market forces can never induce them to limit their emissions.

p. 231 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/tim-flannery/the-weather-makers/it-is-imperative.md)