“The war on terrorism has made national security a legitimate concern, and a rising deficit, changes brought on by globalization and even the price of oil have thrown the nation's economic health into question.” MadeWarNationsEconomicSecurityConcernTerrorismOilRisingThrownNational SecurityGlobalizationDeficitWar On TerrorWar On Terrorism Author:Roger Mahony
“Overconsumption is a "cancer eating away at our spiritual vitals." It cuts the heart right out of our compassion. It distances us from the great masses of broken bleeding humanity. It converts us into materialists. We become less able to ask moral questions. For example, just because we have the economic muscle to buy up vast amounts of the world's oil, does that give us the right to do so? When the poor farmer of India is unable to buy a gallon of gasoline to run his simple water pump because the world's demand has priced him out of the market, who is to blame?” WorldGivingHeartDoeRunningAbleSpiritualHumanityAsksWaterSimplePoorCompassionMoralCuttingEconomicExampleBrokenAmountDemandEatingMassIndiaBlameDistanceCancerOilMusclesFarmersConsumerismBleedingPumpsOverconsumptionGasolineGallons Author:Richard J. Foster
“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
“This intolerable dependence on foreign oil threatens our economic independence and the very security of our nation. The energy crisis is real. It is worldwide. It is a clear and present danger to our nation. These are facts and we simply must face them.” RealFactsFacesEnergyNationsClearEconomicSecurityDangerCrisisIndependenceOilAlternativesDependenceForeign OilEnergy CrisisEconomic Independence Author:Jimmy Carter
“The economy has settled into a sustainable, self-reinforcing growth path, .. All major categories of the economy have contributed to economic growth. Now that businesses have begun to add to payrolls, the current expansion is self-reinforcing. Only external shocks, such as terrorist attacks or a surge in oil prices, could derail the recovery.” SelfGrowthEconomyPathEconomicMajorsAddCurrentsOilTerroristRecoveryShockCategoriesExpansionEconomic GrowthTerrorist AttacksPayrollOil Price Author:Sung Won Sohn
“Today, we have our own concentrations of economic power. Instead of Standard Oil, U.S. Steel, the Union Pacific Railroad, and J. P. Morgan and Company, we have Amazon, Google, Apple, Facebook, and Microsoft.” TodayCompanyEconomicStandardsUnionsOilApplesConcentrationGoogleSteelMicrosoftPacificAmazonRailroadsEconomic PowerStandard Oil Author:George Packer
“I have to say that oil and gas revenues make up a large part of the Russian budget revenue. This is a serious component for us in addressing economic development, budget funding for our development programmes and, of course, and meeting of our social commitments to our citizens.” CoursesSocialEconomicSeriousDevelopmentCitizensCommitmentMeetingsOilBudgetsGasComponentsRevenueFundingProgrammesEconomic DevelopmentOil And Gas Author:Vladimir Putin
“Economists believe there are three reasons why the Russian economy is doing so poorly. One, economic sanctions are working. Number two, low-price oil. And number three, Lindsay Lohan has quit drinking vodka.” BelieveTwoReasonThreeNumbersEconomyEconomicLowsDrinkingOilQuittingReason WhyEconomistSanctionsVodkaNumber ThreeQuit DrinkingEconomic SanctionsRussian Economy Author:David Letterman
“Cars aren't merely modes of transit or material possessions to Texans; they are something of a state treasure. We share a special, almost religious attachment to the automobile, rooted, I suppose, in our mythological relationship to the horse, our economic underpinnings in the oil industry, and the inescapable fact that to get anywhere in this state, you have to cover a lot of ground.” StatesFactsReligiousShareEconomicSpecialCarMaterialsIndustryHorsePossessionOilTreasureAttachmentRootedAutomobileMaterial PossessionsTexanOil Industry Author:Jim Atkinson
“First of all, developed countries have basically expropriated the atmosphere of the world community. But one must say clearly that we redistribute de facto the world's wealth by climate policy. Obviously, the owners of coal and oil will not be enthusiastic about this. One has to free oneself from the illusion that international climate policy is environmental policy. This has almost nothing to do with environmental policy anymore.” WorldFirstsCountryNatureCommunityWealthEconomyEconomicPolicyDevelopmentIllusionClimateEnvironmentalInternationalOneselfOilAtmosphereOwnersEcologyCoalDistributionEnthusiasticDeveloped CountryRedistribution Of WealthEnvironmental PolicyEnvironmental Justice Author:Ottmar Edenhofer
“Capitalism rules worldwide, and a society whose economic fabric depends on constant growth requires that its citizens have ever-expanding needs and wants... In the West, it will take one with soul force equal to Gandhi's to change the prevailing dogma of ever increasing GNP. We may be forced to change our profligate ways some day, when the soil is depleted, the aquifers drained, the icecaps melted, and all the oil wells pumped dry. But the crisis will wait another fifty years or so; we'll leave those problems to a generation yet unborn.” WayWantNeedsYearsWellsMaySoulProblemForceWaitingGrowthGenerationsEconomicDependsCitizensEqualCapitalismCrisisConstantWestEnvironmentalOilDrySoilFiftySustainabilityDogmaFabricExpandingUnbornPrevailingDrainedNeeds And WantsSoul ForceAquifers Author:Philip Yancey
“Even if we were to sign peace today, the economic conditions in our country would not improve automatically because it will take some time to reach the level of oil production before the war and the oil prices are likely to remain low for some time as the supply of oil in the world is high and demand is low.” IfsWorldWarCountryTodayPeaceLevelsEconomicConditionsDemandLowsProductionsOilOur CountryOil PriceOil Production Author:Salva Kiir Mayardit
“The primary factor that enables our government to peddle economic snake oil is the dollar's unique role as the world's reserve currency, and our creditors' willingness to preserve its status. By buying up dollars and loaning them back to us through Treasury debt, productive countries give American politicians cart blanche to play Santa Claus.” WorldGivingCountryPlayGovernmentRolesEconomicPoliticianUniqueDollarsDebtOilFactorsPrimariesPreservesBuyingProductiveWillingnessCurrencyReservesSnakesSantaSanta ClausTreasuryCartsCreditorsBlanche Author:Peter Schiff
“The people see that Wall Street is running our economic policy, that big oil is running our energy policy and the military industrial complex is determining our foreign policy.” PeopleBigsRunningEnergyEconomicStreetsMilitaryPolicyWallComplexesOilForeign PolicyEconomic PolicyMilitary Industrial ComplexEnergy PolicyBig Oil Author:Alan Grayson
“The largest mistake would be to start to move away from petroleum, a proven and economic energy source, to more speculative and expensive sources...The world will eventually leave the age of oil, but there is no geologic reason for this to happen until near the end of the 21st century.” WorldEndsReasonHappensWould BeAgeMovingEnergyMistakeEconomicCenturySourceOilExpensiveProven21st CenturyEnergy SourcesPetroleum Author:David Deming
“The oil is a gift bestowed by God on the Arab nation, to use after centuries of poverty, backwardness and servitude - in raising its living standards, developing its economic, social and cultural conditions, and building up its own power to meet the challenges and conspiracies besetting it.” UseNationsSocialChallengesPovertyEconomicConditionsCenturyBuildingStandardsOilDevelopingConspiracySaddamServitudeBuilding Up Author:Saddam Hussein
“A gasline will help shape our economic future - the same way that oil has shaped our economic present.” WayHelpingEconomicShapesOil Author:Sarah Palin
“here are problems with the Turkish products inside Russia and the tourism going down. People are worried about that. But the really big economic weapons, oil and especially natural gas, those have not been brought into play yet - mostly in the form of threat so far. So basically the view from here is that, yeah, things are getting bad, but they could still get much, much worse.” PeopleStillsPlayProblemBigsFormNaturalViewsEconomicProductsWeaponsYeahThreatOilRussiaWorriedGasTourismTurkishNatural Gas Author:Peter Kenyon