“There is hardly an activity that a person can think about that does not intrinsically involve energy, most of which is currently provided by fossil fuels.” ThinkingPersonsDoeEnergyEconomyActivityFuelFossilsFossil FuelBurning Fossil Fuels Author:Lee R. Raymond
“No matter how advanced our economy might be, no matter how sophisticated our equipment becomes, for the foreseeable future we will still depend on fossil fuels.” StillsMatterMightEnergyEconomyDependsAlternativesFuelSophisticatedEquipmentFossilsFossil Fuel Author:George W. Bush
“Words change their meanings, just as organisms evolve. We would impose an enormous burden on our economy if we insisted on payment in cattle every time we identified a bonus as a pecuniary advantage (from the Latin pecus , or cattle, a verbal fossil from a former commercial reality).” IfsRealityEconomyAdvantageBurdenEnormousFormerEvolveLatinOrganismsFossilsPaymentCattleBonus Book:The Structure of Evolutionary Theory Source: The Structure of Evolutionary Theory
“The Occupy Wall Street collective is confused about what it wants but it wants it now! Some of the loonier demands from its independent thinkers: Striking all existing public and private debt from the books across the "entire planet"; elimination of all international borders; free college education; a guaranteed "living wage" for all regardless of employment; an end to free trade; trillions in additional spending for infrastructure and ecological restoration; and ending the fossil fuel economy.” WantBookEndsEconomyStreetsCollegePlanetsWallDemandIndependentTradeInternationalDebtSpendingEmploymentBordersConfusedFuelCollectivesThinkerFossilsInfrastructureRestorationFossil FuelEcologicalEliminationFree TradeCollege EducationLiving WageOccupy Wall StreetFuel Economy Author:Mike Rosen
“Energy markets can be thought of as suffering from appendicitis due to fossil fuel subsidies. They need to be removed for a healthy energy economy.” NeedsSufferingEnergyBusinessEconomyHealthyClimateDuesFuelFossilsFossil FuelSubsidies Author:Fatih Birol
“The record-breaking extreme weather events causing chaos across the globe should be a wake-up call. The transition to a low-carbon economy will be much more painful if we wait until there is a climate crisis before recognising that more than half of the world's fossil fuel reserves will have to remain in the ground.” IfsWorldShouldWaitingBusinessHalfEconomyRecordsEventsLowsWake UpCrisisClimateChaosPainfulExtremesWeatherFuelTransitionReservesGlobesCarbonFossilsFossil FuelWake Up CallExtreme WeatherRecords Breaking Author:Christiana Figueres
“The consensus is clear. We need an immediate and determined shift to a clean, renewable economy. The continued mass burning of fossil fuels is inconsistent with a healthy, prosperous future for our civilization.” NeedsEconomyClearCivilizationHealthyMassCleanClimate ChangeDeterminedBurningFuelFossilsConsensusProsperousFossil FuelInconsistentProsperous Future Author:Al Gore
“Many anti-energy groups display little appreciation of the extent to which modern economies depend pervasively on the use of fossil fuels and petrochemical products.” LittlesUseEnergyEconomyGroupsModernProductsDependsAppreciationFuelDisplayFossilsFossil FuelBurning Fossil Fuels Author:Robert Higgs
“You can have a strong economy or you can help the environment, but you can't do both at the same time. That's ridiculous. In fact, as a sustainable vision for a healthy economy has to involve changing our energy policy and changing with respect to the natural world. Because we're hitting nature's thresholds, we're hitting nature's limits with respect to water and crop yields and energy use and fossil fuels heating the atmosphere at the same time we're past global peak and running out of that.” WorldFactsHelpingUseRunningPastEnergyStrongWaterNaturalVisionEconomyEnvironmentPolicyHealthyLimitsRidiculousAtmosphereFuelYieldHittingFossilsNatural WorldCropsFossil FuelThresholdHeatingEnergy PolicyStrong EconomyEnergy Use Author:James Cameron
“Climate change is severely impacting the health of our planet and all of its inhabitants, and we must transition to a clean energy economy that does not rely on fossil fuels.” DoeEnergyEconomyPlanetsCleanClimateClimate ChangeRelyFuelTransitionFossilsOur PlanetFossil FuelClean Energy Author:Leonardo DiCaprio
“People sometimes say we need to be really almost on a wartime footing if you want to change. Our whole economy is based on burning fossil fuels, which is taking CO2 out of the ground and putting it up into the air.” PeopleIfsWantNeedsSometimesWholeEconomyAirBurningFuelFossilsFossil FuelCo2WartimeBurning Fossil Fuels Author:Elizabeth Kolbert