“And most of all, it means continually drawing connections among these seemingly disparate struggles—asserting, for instance, that the logic that would cut pensions, food stamps, and health care before increasing taxes on the rich is the same logic that would blast the bedrock of the earth to get the last vapors of gas and the last drops of oil before making the shift to renewable energy.” MeanCareEarthLastsEnergyStruggleRichCuttingTaxesConnectionsLogicOilDrawingInstanceHealth CareGasStampsBlastPensionRenewable EnergyBedrockVaporFood Stamps Book:This Changes Everything: Capitalism Vs. The Climate Source: This Changes Everything: Capitalism Vs. The Climate
“I have no problem with a war for oil-if we accompany it with a real program for energy conservation. But when we tell the world we couldn't care less about climate change, that we feel entitled to drive whatever big cars we feel like, that we feel entitled to consume however much oil we like, the message we send is that a war for oil in the gulf is not a war to protect the world's right to economic survival-but our right to indulge. Now that will be seen as immoral.” IfsWorldFeelsWarRealProblemBigsCareEnergyEconomicCarProtectMessagesSurvivalProgramClimateClimate ChangeOilAlternativesEntitledConservationImmoralNo ProblemIndulgeAccompanyEnergy ConservationBig Cars Author:Thomas Friedman
“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
“With odorous oil thy head and hair are sleek; And then thou kemb'st the tuzzes on thy cheek: Of these, my barbers take a costly care.” CareHairOilCheeksBarbers Book:The Works of John Dryden: In Verse and Prose, with a Life Source: The Works of John Dryden: In Verse and Prose, with a Life
“My hope is that we continue to do an even better job in terms of our nation's energy policy, so that we may even further reduce our reliance on foreign sources of oil and take better care of our environment in the process.” MayCareJobsEnergyNationsProcessTermEnvironmentPolicySourceOilRelianceOur EnvironmentBetter JobsEnergy Policy Author:John M. McHugh