“We do have serious energy needs for the country, we are aware that natural gas is especially in demand because of its air quality benefits: 90 percent of new power plants have been natural gas-powered.” NeedsHas BeensCountryEnergyNaturalQualityAirSeriousDemandBenefitsPercentPlantGasNatural GasPower PlantsAir Quality Author:Gale Norton
“Ninety-nine percent of pilots that go up never have engine failure, and the 1 percent that do usually land it. But if you're up in the air and something goes wrong, you pull that parachute, and the whole plane goes down slowly.” IfsWholeAirLandPercentNinePlanesEnginesPilotsNinetyNinety NineParachutesUp In The Air Author:Cory Lidle
“Eighty percent of air pollution comes from plants and trees.” AirTreePercentHumorousPlantPollutionEightyAir PollutionPlants And Trees Author:Ronald Reagan
“As currently written, the laws require certain manufacturers and users of such chemicals to report any and all environmental releases-either accidental or routine-to air, water, or soil. The Toxics Release Inventory is the main registry of such events, and it is available to the public through the Environmental Protection Agency. It is hardly comprehensive. Toxic emissions reported to the federal government are thought to account for only 5 percent of all chemical releases.” GovernmentLawCertainWaterWrittenAirEventsPercentAccountsEnvironmentalAvailableProtectionReleaseAgencySoilReportsRoutineChemicalsToxicUsersPollutionFederal GovernmentComprehensiveEmissionsEnvironmental ProtectionInventory Author:Sandra Steingraber
“We all know we have a problem, a broad problem. Ninety-eight percent of the fuel that is used by our vehicles, our autos and trucks for personal and commercial purposes, for highway and air travel operates on oil. The world has the same problem.” KnowsWorldProblemUsedPurposeAirTravelPercentEightOilFuelBroadsVehicleFunny TravelHighwaysTruckNinetyAir TravelNinety Eight Author:John Olver
“Apparently, when Twin Peaks was on the air in Spain, something like 50 percent of televisions were tuned to it.” AirTelevisionPercentTwinsSpainTwin Peaks Author:Kyle MacLachlan
“The global warming deniers persist in this air of unreality. After all, the entire north polar icecap, which has been there for most of the last 3 million years, is disappearing before our eyes. Forty percent is already gone. The rest is expected to go completely within the next decade. What do they think is causing this?” ThinkingYearsHas BeensEyeLastsNextMillionsGoneAirPercentDisappearExpectedDecadesGlobal WarmingFortyPersistUnrealityAlready Gone Author:Al Gore
“If you look at a character as a mountain over there that you have to climb, then I think you've lost 50 percent of the air.” IfsThinkingLooksCharacterLostAirMountainPercentClimbs Author:Billy Bob Thornton