“Ethanol reduces our dependence on foreign sources of oil and is an important weapon in the War on Terror. By investing in South Dakota's ethanol producers, we will strengthen our energy security and create new jobs.” ImportantWarJobsEnergySecuritySourceWeaponsSouthInvestingTerrorOilProducersDependenceWar On TerrorNew JobDakotaSouth DakotaEthanolEnergy Security Author:John Thune
“First, we have to find a common vocabulary for energy security. This notion has a radically different meaning for different people. For Americans it is a geopolitical question. For the Europeans right now it is very much focused on the dependence on imported natural gas.” PeopleFirstsDifferentEnergyNaturalCommonSecurityRight NowNotionFocusedGasDependenceVocabularyDifferent PeoplesNatural GasGeopoliticalDifferent MeaningsEnergy Security Author:Daniel Yergin
“I personally think that a couple of pounds a week - maybe rising to almost £3 a week - is a reasonable price for Britain to achieve a degree of energy security to reduce its total dependence on fossil fuels and to honour its commitments to cut green house gases.” ThinkingHouseEnergyCuttingWeekAchieveSecurityCoupleDegreesCommitmentGreenRisingFuelBritainReasonablePoundsHonourDependenceFossilsFossil FuelBurning Fossil FuelsEnergy Security Author:Tim Yeo
“The country that owns green, that dominates that industry, is going to have the most energy security, national security, economic security, competitive companies, healthy population and, most of all, global respect.” CountryEnergyCompanyEconomicSecurityIndustryHealthyGreenPopulationNational SecurityEconomic SecurityEnergy Security Author:Thomas Friedman
“Even if you accept the theory of man-made climate change, wind turbines are a rotten way to reduce CO2 emissions, or to improve energy security.” IfsMenWayMadeEnergyAcceptingSecurityWindTheoryClimateClimate ChangeRottenEmissionsCo2TurbinesEnergy SecurityWind TurbinesCo2 Emissions Author:Roger Helmer
“With 3 percent of the worlds resources and 25 percent of the worlds demand, it is pretty obvious this country cannot drill its way to energy security.” WorldWayCountryEnergySecurityDemandPercentResourcesObviousDrillsEnergy Security Author:Lois Capps
“Energy security based on clean & reliable sources is essential for India's future. Nuclear energy has a key role in India's energy strategy.” MotivationEnergyRolesSecuritySourceKeysEssentialsIndiaStrategyCleanNuclearNuclear EnergyEnergy SecurityReliable Sources Author:Narendra Modi
“In a world of increasing interdependence, energy security will depend much on how countries manage their relations with one another. That is why energy security will be one of the main challenges of foreign policy in the years ahead. Oil and gas have always been political commodities.” WorldYearsCountryPoliticalEnergyChallengesSecurityPolicyDependsRelationOilManageGasForeign PolicyCommodityInterdependenceOil And GasEnergy Security Author:Daniel Yergin
“Shale gas represents a promising new potential energy resource for the UK. It could contribute significantly to our energy security, reducing our reliance on imported gas, as we move to a low-carbon economy.” MovingEnergyEconomySecurityLowsResourcesGasCarbonRelianceReducingEnergy SecurityPotential Energy Author:Edward Davey
“GM is pursuing gasoline-savings solutions on many fronts on the way to our ultimate vision of hydrogen fuel cell-powered transportation. E85 ethanol burns cleaner than gasoline and is a renewable, domestic fuel that can enhance the nation's economy and energy security.” WayEnergyNationsVisionEconomySecurityFrontsSolutionsUltimateSavingCellsFuelSavingsTransportationCleanersGasolineHydrogenEthanolEnergy SecurityFuel CellsHydrogen Fuel Author:Joseph Lowery
“If we have access to nuclear energy, that adds to our maneuverability in ensuring energy security as India marches on, on the path to accelerated development.” IfsEnergyPathSecurityDevelopmentIndiaAddAccessNuclearMarchNuclear EnergyEnergy Security Author:Manmohan Singh
“Indians, we would like to be a part of the nuclear world order, accepting all the responsibilities that go with being a responsible nuclear power, and at the same time enlarging our options with regard to energy security of our country.” WorldCountryOrderEnergyResponsibilityAcceptingSecurityResponsibleRegardNuclearOur CountryWorld OrderNuclear PowerEnergy Security Author:Manmohan Singh
“I would argue that we have a patriotic duty to move toward energy independence and clean energy. It is a matter of national security - energy security, climate security, economic security, job security, everything.” MatterJobsMovingEnergyEconomicSecurityDutyIndependenceCleanClimateArguingPatrioticNational SecurityClean EnergyEconomic SecurityEnergy IndependenceEnergy Security Author:Van Jones
“China is the center of the Asian energy security grid, which includes the Central Asian states and Russia. India is also hovering around the edge, South Korea is involved, and Iran is an associate member of some kind. If the Middle East oil resources around the Gulf, which are the main ones in the world, if they link up to the Asian grid, the United States is really a second-rate power. A lot is at stake in not withdrawing from Iraq.” IfsWorldKindStatesEnergyUnitedUnited StatesMiddleSecurityInvolvedMembersResourcesIndiaSouthRateIraqEdgesChinaOilEastRussiaIranLinksStakesMiddle EastAssociatesAsianKoreaGridsSecond RateHoveringSouth KoreaWithdrawingEnergy Security Author:Noam Chomsky
“For nearly a century, the moral relativism of science has given faith-based religion--that great engine of ignorance and bigotry--a nearly uncontested claim to being the only universal framework for moral wisdom. As a result, the most powerful societies on early spend their time debating issues like gay marriage when they should be focused on problems like nuclear proliferation, genocide, energy security, climate change, poverty, and failing schools.” ShouldProblemSchoolEnergyGivenResultsPowerfulMoralPovertyIssuesFailingCenturySecurityIgnoranceGayUniversalClaimsClimateClimate ChangeFocusedNuclearMost PowerfulBigotryGenocideEnginesFrameworkGay MarriageProliferationRelativismFaith BasedNuclear ProliferationMoral RelativismEnergy Security Author:Sam Harris
“If we want energy security, then we have to reduce our appetite for fossil fuels. There's no other way. Other issues may crowd the headlines, but this is our fundamental challenge. Big challenges require bold action and leadership. To get the United States off fossil fuels in this uneasy national climate of terrorism and conflict in the Persian Gulf, we must treat the issue with the urgence and persistance it deserves. The measure of our success will be the condition on which we leave the world for the next generation.” IfsWorldWayWantMayStatesBigsActionNextEnergyChallengesUnitedUnited StatesIssuesGenerationsConditionsSecurityConflictDeserveTreatsFundamentalsClimateCrowdsTerrorismFuelAppetiteFossilsNext GenerationHeadlinesFossil FuelUneasyRenewable EnergyPersianBig ChallengesPersian GulfEnergy SecurityBold ActionsPersistance Author:Robert Redford
“One of the most important tasks is to broaden the energy supply ... Energy determines today international security and social as well as economic development in many respects. In reality the wellbeing of millions of people is directly dependent in energy security.” PeopleWellsImportantRealityTodayEnergySocialMillionsEconomicSecurityDevelopmentTasksInternationalDetermineDependentNational SecurityWellbeingEconomic DevelopmentEnergy Security Author:Vladimir Putin
“Never waste a good crisis...Don't waste it when it can have a very positive impact on climate change and energy security.” EnergyEnvironmentSecurityWasteCrisisImpactClimateClimate ChangeVery PositivePositive ImpactEnergy Security Author:Hillary Clinton
“The measure of our success will be the condition on which we leave the world for the next generation.” WorldSuccessNextGenerationsConditionsNext GenerationBig ChallengesEnergy Security Author:Robert Redford
“Balancing our energy portfolio is a real chance to reduce energy bills, revitalize rural America, slow global warming and strengthen our energy security.” RealAmericaEnergyChanceSecurityBillsGlobal WarmingPortfoliosRural AmericaEnergy Security Author:Tom Udall
“I think America understands that energy security is a very important part of our national security. But if we are going to address energy security in a meaningful way going forward, we need to do it in a new manner. We cannot just be doing the same old thing.” IfsThinkingWayNeedsImportantAmericaEnergySecurityMeaningfulAddressesNational SecurityOld ThingsEnergy SecuritySame Old Thing Author:Chris Van Hollen
“A large-scale wind, water and solar energy system can reliably supply the world’s needs, significantly benefiting climate, air quality, water quality, ecology and energy security ... [T]he obstacles are primarily political, not technical.” WorldNeedsPoliticalEnergyWaterQualityAirSecurityWindClimateObstaclesScalesEcologyLarge ScaleSolar EnergyAir QualityEnergy SecurityWater Quality Author:Mark Z. Jacobson
“Ethanol has reduced our nation's dependence on imported energy, created thousands of jobs, reduced air pollution, and increased energy security. And renewable fuels cost less at the pump. It is a growth fuel that fuels opportunities for millions of Americans.” JobsOpportunityEnergyNationsGrowthMillionsAirSecurityCostFuelPollutionDependencePumpsAir PollutionEthanolEnergy Security Author:Lane Evans
“The starting point for energy security today as it has always been is diversification of supplies and sources.” TodayEnergySecuritySourceStartingSuppliesStarting PointDiversificationEnergy Security Author:Daniel Yergin
“Developing low carbon sources of energy supply will enhance our energy security” EnergySecuritySourceLowsDevelopingCarbonEnergy Security Author:Charles Hendry
“In order to threaten Iran, you [America] say that you can secure the energy flow in the region. You are wrong. Beware that if you make the slightest mistake over Iran, the energy flow through this region will be seriously endangered. You will never be capable of providing energy security in this region. You are not capable and you should know this.” IfsKnowsShouldAmericaOrderEnergyMistakeSecurityCapableFlowSecureRegionsIranProvidingEnergy FlowEnergy Security Author:Ali Khamenei
“But that's not enough: To maintain energy security, one needs a supply system that provides a buffer against shocks. It needs large, flexible markets. And it's important to acknowledge the fact that the entire energy supply chain needs to be protected.” NeedsImportantEnoughFactsEnergySecurityChainsAcknowledgeTiesShockProtectedFlexibleSupply ChainEnergy Security Author:Daniel Yergin
“As both a former governor and a Naval officer I can tell you energy security remains among biofuels' most important benefits.” I CanImportantEnergySecurityBenefitsRemainsFormerOfficersGovernorsNavalBiofuelsEnergy Security Author:Matt Blunt
“Boone Pickens should be commended for his leadership on American energy security, and for bringing Ted Turner along on some sensible approaches to enhancing it.” ShouldEnergySecurityApproachSensibleTurnerEnergy Security Author:Frank Gaffney
“Delayed energy projects and regulatory hurdles to domestic oil production not only cost the United States economy billions of dollars and millions of jobs, but they also stand in the way of an elusive goal: true American energy security.” WayStatesJobsEnergyGoalUnitedMillionsUnited StatesEconomySecurityCostProjectsDollarsProductionsOilBillionsElusiveHurdleDelayedEnergy SecurityHurdling ObstaclesOil ProductionUnited States Economy Author:John Hoeven