“Since stepping down as laboratory director in 1999, I have devoted an increasing fraction of my time to international issues. I am involved with energy, environment, and sustainability issues, particularly as they involve new energy sources free of greenhouse gases.” EnergyIssuesEnvironmentSourceInvolvedDirectorsInternationalMy TimeSustainabilityDevotedLaboratoryFractionsGreenhousesGreenhouse GasesEnergy SourcesNew Energy Author:Burton Richter
“With the increasing demand for oil around the world and the rising costs in Oregon and throughout the nation, we must focus on the development of alternate energy sources, especially those that are clean, efficient and renewable.” WorldEnergyNationsFocusSourceDevelopmentCostDemandCleanOilAround The WorldRisingEfficientOregonEnergy Sources Author:Greg Walden
“I don't want students who could make the next major breakthrough in renewable energy sources or space travel to have been taught that anything they don't understand, and that nobody yet understands, is divinely constructed and therefore beyond their intellectual capacity. The day that happens, Americans will just sit in awe of what we don't understand, while we watch the rest of the world boldly go where no mortal has gone before.” WorldWantHas BeensHappensNextEnergySpaceWatchesGoneStudentsTaughtSourceMajorsIntellectualCapacityMortalsAweBreakthroughSpace TravelRenewable EnergyEnergy SourcesRenewable Energy Sources Author:Neil deGrasse Tyson
“If we [American nation] are only thinking about tomorrow or the next day and not thinking about 10 years from now, we're not going to control our own economic future, because China, Germany - they're making these [clean energy] investments. And I'm not going to cede those jobs of the future to those countries. I expect those new energy sources to be built right here in the United States.” IfsThinkingYearsCountryStatesJobsNextEnergyNationsUnitedUnited StatesEconomicSourceTomorrowBuiltCleanInvestmentChinaGermanyNext DayClean EnergyEnergy SourcesNew Energy Author:Barack Obama
“Whatever is not an energy source, is an energy sink.” EnergySourceEnergy Sources Book:Circles on the Water Source: Circles on the Water
“I am determined to seek self-sufficiency in energy as an urgent national priority. My goal is to make America independent of foreign energy sources by 1985.” SelfAmericaEnergyGoalSourceIndependentDeterminedPrioritiesUrgentSelf SufficiencySufficiencyEnergy SourcesI Am Determined Author:Gerald R. Ford
“There is an urgent need to stop subsidizing the fossil fuel industry, dramatically reduce wasted energy, and significantly shift our power supplies from oil, coal, and natural gas to wind, solar, geothermal, and other renewable energy sources.” NeedsEnergyNaturalWindSourceIndustryOilFuelGasCoalFossilsUrgentSuppliesFossil FuelRenewable EnergyNatural GasEnergy SourcesBurning Fossil FuelsWind PowerRenewable Energy SourcesWind EnergyGeothermalGeothermal Energy Author:Bill McKibben
“Instead of finding alternative energy sources, we try to subjugate entire regions of the world. People do not understand that by doing this, the United States are going to absolute ruin.” PeopleWorldTryingStatesEnergyUnitedUnited StatesSourceFindingsAbsolutesRuinsAlternativesRegionsEnergy SourcesAlternative Energy Author:Gore Vidal
“The path towards sustainable energy sources will be long and sometimes difficult. But America cannot resist this transition, we must lead it.” LongSometimesAmericaPoliticsEnergyDifficultPathSourceClimate ChangeTransitionEnergy SourcesNational TreasureSustainable Energy Author:Barack Obama
“If we dont continue to pursue alternative, emissions-free energy sources like nuclear fuel, we are at risk of increasing our dependence on costly natural gas.” IfsEnergyNaturalRiskSourceNuclearPursueAlternativesFuelGasDependenceEmissionsNatural GasEnergy Sources Author:Judy Biggert
“I spent more than 20 years of my professional career researching and developing renewable energy sources.” YearsEnergyCareersSourceDevelopingRenewable EnergyEnergy SourcesProfessional CareerRenewable Energy Sources Author:Jerry McNerney
“Turkeys energy bill due to imports will fall with the increase in use of renewable energy sources. We have no control over the prices of petroleum and natural gas.” UseFallEnergyNaturalSourceIncreaseBillsDuesGasTurkeysRenewable EnergyImportsNatural GasEnergy SourcesPetroleumRenewable Energy Sources Author:Ali Babacan
“The technologies for the alternative energy sources exists today. The economics are compelling. The public health is compelling. Why would we maintain a focus on a 17th-century technology, when there are 21st-century alternatives that are both necessary and available? And the answer is the subversion of democracy.” TodayEnergyAnswersTechnologyDemocracyFocusCenturySourceEconomicsAvailableAlternativesCompelling21st CenturyPublic HealthEnergy SourcesSubversion17th CenturyAlternative Energy Author:Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.