“The world will soon start to run out of conventionally produced, cheap oil…. We [will] start to run out of all fossil fuels by the end of this century.” WorldEndsRunningCenturyOilFuelFossilsFossil Fuel Book:Out of Gas: The End of the Age of Oil Source: Out of Gas: The End of the Age of Oil
“The choice before us is simple. Will we continue to subsidize the dirty fossil fuels of the past, or will we transition to 21st century clean, renewable energy?” PastChoicesEnergySimpleCenturyCleanDirtyFuelTransition21st CenturyFossilsFossil FuelRenewable Energy Author:Elizabeth Warren
“Fossil fuel is very seductive stuff. [John Maynard] Keynes once said that, as far as he could tell, the average standard of living from the beginning of human history to the middle of the eighteenth century had perhaps doubled. Not much had changed, and then we found coal and gas and oil and everything changed. We're reaping the result of that, both ecologically and socially.” HumansSaidFoundStuffResultsMiddleCenturyChangedStandardsAverageOilFuelGasCoalFossilsHuman HistoryFossil FuelSeductiveStandards Of LivingKeynes Author:Bill McKibben