“I'm from Port Arthur, Texas! Little guy! Little character guy from one of the saddest oil-refinery towns in America. And here I was driving over to Beverly Hills, to 20th Century Fox, to be on 'M*A*S*H!'” LittlesCharacterAmericaGuyCenturyTownsOilDrivingHillsTexasFoxes20th CenturyPortSaddestArthurBeverly HillsRefinery Author:G.W. Bailey
“You can drill in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, on every continental shelf and atop every hill in America for that matter, and you still won't reverse the fact that our oil production is in permanent decline. We're just sopping up what's left, digging ourselves into a deeper hole.” StillsMatterFactsAmericaEnergyLeftProductionsDeeperOilHolesAlternativesHillsPermanentDeclineRefugeReverseShelvesWildlifeDiggingDrillsArcticContinentalOil Production Author:Roscoe Bartlett
“Ignorant people in preppy clothes are more dangerous to America than oil embargoes.” PeopleAmericaDangerousClothesOilIgnorantModern LifeIgnorant PeoplePreppy Author:V. S. Naipaul
“We thank those Senators, both Republican and Democrat, who stood firm against tremendous pressure from the Bush administration, pro-drilling members of Congress and their allies in the oil industry. They recognize that the budget is an inappropriate place to decide controversial national policy matters like America's energy policy. We urge all members of Congress to remain steadfast in their belief that the vast, unspoiled wilderness of America?s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge is more than a line item in the Federal Budget.” MatterAmericaBeliefEnergyLinesPolicyIndustryRepublicanMembersPressureDemocratCongressOilAdministrationBudgetsFirmUrgesWildernessAlliesRefugeSenatorsItemsWildlifeControversialInappropriateSteadfastArcticDrillingEnergy PolicyOil Industry Author:Carl Pope
“Controlled Middle East oil, it would control the world. This oil represents 65 percent of world oil reserves. Therefore, America believes if it squashed Iraq, it would control the oil of the Middle East and consequently hold the oil in its hands [and] fix its price the way it likes.” IfsWorldWayBelieveHandsAmericaMiddlePercentIraqOilEastLikesControlledMiddle EastReserves Author:Saddam Hussein
“The reason I vote Democrat is because I think it's better to pay billions for oil to people who hate us, but not drill our own because it might upset some endangered beetle, gopher, or fish here in America. We don't care about the beetles, gophers, or fish in those other countries.” PeopleThinkingCountryReasonMightCareAmericaHatePayVoteDemocratFishesDon't CareOilBillionsUpsetVotingOther CountriesDrillsBeetlesGophers Author:David Letterman
“Our enemies are fully aware that they can use oil as a weapon against America. And if we don't take this threat as seriously as the bombs they build or the guns they buy, we will be fighting the War on Terror with one hand tied behind our back.” IfsWarUseHandsAmericaFightingBehindsEnemyWeaponsGunThreatTerrorTerrorismOilBombsTiedWar On TerrorHands Tied Author:Barack Obama
“As President, I'll invest in renewable energies like wind power, solar power, and the next generation of homegrown biofuels. That's how America is going to free itself from our dependence on foreign oil not through short-term gimmicks, but through a real, long-term commitment to transform our energy sector.” LongRealAmericaNextEnergyPresidentTermGenerationsWindCommitmentOilLong TermDependenceNext GenerationShort TermRenewable EnergyGimmicksSolar PowerForeign OilBiofuelsHomegrownWind Power Author:Barack Obama
“The landscape, like Los Angeles itself, is transitional. Impermanence haunts the city, with its mushroom industries--the aircraft perpetually becoming obsolete, the oil which must one day be exhausted, the movies which fill America's theatres for six months and are forgotten. Many of its houses--especially the grander ones--have a curiously disturbing atmosphere, a kind of psychological dankness which smells of anxiety, overdrafts, uneasy lust, whisky, divorce and lies.” KindAmericaLyingHouseCitiesMonthsIndustryBecomingOne DayAnxietySixForgottenDivorceSmellOilTheatreLustPsychologicalLandscapeAtmosphereLos AngelesExhaustedSix MonthsDisturbingObsoleteImpermanenceMushroomsUneasyAircraftWhiskyBecoming Obsolete Author:Christopher Isherwood
“Deep patriots don't just sing the song, 'America the Beautiful' and then go home. We actually stick around to defend America’s beauty -- from the oil spillers, the clear-cutters and the mountaintop removers. Deep patriots don't just visit the Statue of Liberty and send a postcard home to grandma. We defend the principles upon which that great monument was founded -- 'give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free.'” GivingHomeAmericaBeautifulSongPoorLibertyPrinciplesClearMassGive MeTiredSticksBreatheOilYearningPatriotStatuesMonumentGrandmaPostcardsStatue Of LibertyCutters Book:Rebuild the Dream Source: Rebuild the Dream
“We will achieve North America energy independence by 2020, by taking full advantage of our oil, our gas, our coal, our renewables and our nuclear power. Abundant, inexpensive, domestic energy will not only create energy jobs, it will bring back manufacturing jobs.” JobsAmericaEnergyAchieveAdvantageIndependenceOilNuclearGasCoalManufacturingNorth AmericaNuclear PowerInexpensiveEnergy Independence Author:Mitt Romney
“With regard to electric vehicles, I am all for them because most of the incremental electricity needed to run those vehicles will come from gas-fired electric generation. However, I do not believe it is wise for America to substitute dependence on foreign oil for dependence on Chinese batteries.” BelieveRunningAmericaWiseGenerationsNeededRegardOilChineseGasSubstitutesVehicleElectricElectricityDependenceBatteriesForeign OilElectric Vehicles Author:Aubrey McClendon
“I come back to the science that is in it to reduce our dependence on foreign oil and climate change. It's about science, science, science and science, innovation, as we rebuild America, create jobs, invest in our people and turn this economy around.” PeopleJobsAmericaTurnsEconomyInnovationClimateClimate ChangeOilDependenceForeign Oil Author:Nancy Pelosi
“We need major investments for rebuilding the infrastructure of America in a very forward-looking way that reduces our dependence on foreign oil. It is a commitment to innovation, to science, to keep America number one and competitive and grow our manufacturing base.” WayNeedsAmericaGrowsNumbersMajorsCommitmentInnovationInvestmentOilDependenceInfrastructureManufacturingRebuildingForeign Oil Author:Nancy Pelosi
“Nothing would please me more, but who else would pump the oil that we need? God damn America.” NeedsAmericaPleaseOilDamnPumpsPlease MeNeed God Author:Muammar al-Gaddafi