“Choosing the most fuel-efficient vehicles within a class can save drivers at least $1,500 in fuel costs and avoid more than 15 tons of greenhouse gas pollution over the life of the vehicle, as well as help reduce dependence on foreign oil.” WellsHelpingClassCostOilFuelGlobal WarmingGasDriversEfficientVehiclePollutionDependenceGreenhousesGreenhouse GasesForeign Oil Author:Carol Browner
“As we battle the high price of fuel, cost efficiency will continue to be a top priority not only for airlines but for every partner in the value chain including airports and air navigation service providers.” ValuesAirBattleCostIncludingPartnersPrioritiesChainsFuelEfficiencyAirportsAirlineProvidersNavigationTop PrioritiesHigh PricesService Providers Author:Giovanni Bisignani
“The biggest tab the public picks up for fossil fuels has to do with what economists call 'external costs,' like the health effects of air and water pollution.” WaterAirEffectsCostPicksFuelPollutionEconomistFossilsFossil FuelAir And WaterBurning Fossil FuelsWater Pollution Author:Jeff Goodell
“Here are the choices I dont want to make: between paying additional fuel costs and flying and steaming less; between paying additional fuel costs and building fewer ships and planes.” WantChoicesBuildingCostFlyingShipsPlanesFuelFewer Author:Ray Mabus
“Everybody needs to understand that policies are going to change to make it unprofitable if you wreck the planet, those companies that continue exploring and developing fossil fuel resources for which there is no safe use are going to pay a very heavy cost for that.” IfsNeedsUseChangePayCompanyPolicyPlanetsCostSafeResourcesHeavyDevelopingFuelExploringFossilsWrecksFossil Fuel Author:Jeffrey Sachs
“Oil companies earned a permanent enemy in me when they messed with the electric car the first time around, and I think they continue to do a disservice in making it seem like fossil fuels are cheaper than they really are in terms of total cost.” ThinkingFirstsSeemsTermCompanyEnemyCarCostFirst TimeOilPermanentFuelElectricFossilsCheaperFossil FuelDisserviceOil CompaniesElectric Car Author:Chris Paine
“There are systems that use failure as fuel for improvement, where the cost of failure is small.” UseCostImprovementFuel Author:Nassim Nicholas Taleb
“Subsidies for the oil, gas and coal industries are projected to cost taxpayers more than $135 billion in the coming decade. At a time when scientists tell us we need to reduce carbon pollution to prevent catastrophic climate change, it is absurd to provide massive subsidies that pad fossil-fuel companies' already enormous profits.” NeedsCompanyIndustryCostScientistClimateClimate ChangeProfitOilDecadesBillionsEnormousAbsurdFuelGasMassivePollutionCarbonCoalFossilsTaxpayersFossil FuelPadsSubsidies Author:Bernie Sanders
“The fossil fuel industry for too long has shifted enormous costs of carbon pollution onto the public.” LongIndustryCostEnormousFuelPollutionCarbonFossilsFossil Fuel Author:Bernie Sanders
“A new era has dawned in Ontario; one where the air will be cleaner and the multiple costs of coal-fired generation have become a distant memory. Atikokan's successful conversion to biomass will put Ontario on the world map as a leader in using this sustainable fuel source for electricity production.” WorldMemoriesLeaderSuccessfulGenerationsAirSourceCostProductionsConversionErasFuelMapsMultipleElectricityCoalCleanersNew EraOntarioBiomass Author:Bob Chiarelli
“With our technology, with objects, literally three people in a garage can blow away what 200 people at Microsoft can do. Literally can blow it away. Corporate America has a need that is so huge and can save them so much money, or make them so much money, or cost them so much money if they miss it, that they are going to fuel the object revolution.” PeopleIfsNeedsAmericaThreeCan DoTechnologyMissingObjectsHugeRevolutionCostBlowCorporateFuelMicrosoftGarageCorporate America Author:Steve Jobs
“The true cost of the pollution that is being dumped into the atmosphere and manifests itself in our sick children dealing with asthma or older folks dealing with heart and lung disease from the pollutions created by the burning of these fossil fuels, may not be reflected in the prices of fossil fuels, but that does not mean we aren't paying a high price for them.” HeartMayMeanChildrenDoeCostDiseaseSickFolksBurningAtmosphereFuelPollutionFossilsLungsFossil FuelDumpedAsthmaHigh PricesSick Children Author:Mark Ruffalo
“We only gain collectively by acting now. We gain by one day not having to pay a thing for fuel. We gain by having cleaner air, water, and food so that we are healthier and our health care costs come down. We gain by deflating the global fossil fuel markets that drive much of the conflict around the world.” WorldCareWaterPayActingAirOne DayCostConflictGainsAround The WorldHealth CareFuelFossilsFossil FuelCleanersHealth Care CostsActing Now Author:Mark Ruffalo
“Simply from greening our energy system and eliminating fossil fuel pollution, we get so much healthier that the savings in health care alone are enough to pay the costs of the green energy transition and would repay those costs in approximately a decade and a half in savings.” EnoughCareEnergyPayHalfCostGreenDecadesSavingHealth CareFuelTransitionPollutionFossilsSavingsFossil FuelEliminatingGreen EnergyGreening Author:Jill Stein
“Let me say two things about the costs - one is that there are detailed studies that show this, this is what some of the Stanford studies show, in fact, that we get so healthier, so much more healthy, when we eliminate fossil fuel pollution - 200,000 [fewer] premature deaths a year for example. And that's just the death part of it. Not to mention the asthma part of it, the heart attacks and the strokes and the cancers. And we also call for a healthy food system that prioritizes sustainable healthy local food production.” YearsHeartTwoFactsShowsStudyExampleHealthyCostLet MeCancerProductionsLocalsTwo ThingsFuelFewerPollutionStrokesFossilsFossil FuelPrematurePrioritizeHeart AttackHealthy FoodStanfordAsthmaFood ProductionPremature DeathLocal Food Author:Jill Stein
“The disaster in the gulf shows: relying on dangerous, dirty fuels can at times impose incalculable costs. I have never heard of a wind farm collapsing and causing a massive wind-slick. I have never heard of a solar farm collapsing and leaving behind a catastrophic sun-spill.” ShowsBehindsSunHeardDangerousWindCostLeavingDisasterDirtyFuelMassiveFarmsSpillsSlickWind Farms Author:Van Jones
“I just don't think it's good public policy to tax fuel. It's kind of silly. It stops people from traveling and actually costs the economy more money than what you gain in the taxes.” PeopleThinkingKindEconomyPolicyCostTaxesGainsSillyFuelMore MoneyPublic Policy Author:David Neeleman
“Often motivated by a desire to maintain the existing status quo, sloth almost cost the U.S. its auto industry, as it refused for decades to build fuel-efficient cars to compete with Japanese, Korean and European imports.” DesireCarIndustryCostDecadesFuelMotivatedEfficientStatus QuoKoreanSlothImportsChallenging Status QuoChallenging The Status QuoAuto IndustryMaintaining The Status Quo Author:Simon Mainwaring
“You need to be in the position where it is the cost of the fuel that actually matters and not the cost of building the rocket in the first place.” NeedsFirstsMatterPositionBuildingCostFuelRockets Author:Elon Musk
“In addition to this, they already have a fuel cell car on the road in Japan. It is subsidized from within the corporation because they are still at a high cost.” StillsCarCostCellsCorporationsFuelJapanFuel Cells Author:Maurice Strong
“It's going to cost trillions of dollars to rework the energy sources all over the world. Were going to have to move away from fossil fuels.” WorldMovingEnergySourceCostDollarsFuelFossilsFossil FuelEnergy SourcesBurning Fossil FuelsRework Author:Ted Turner