“I think that the world is in the middle of a huge transition that we have to make to renewable energy. We have to transition away from fossil fuels very, very quickly.” ThinkingWorldEnergyMiddleHugeFuelTransitionFossilsFossil FuelRenewable EnergyBurning Fossil Fuels Author:Josh Fox
“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
“Japan is a model already to the lie that economic growth is the key to our future. If they can really show an alternative to nukes and fossil fuels, then they will be the poster boy for the renewable energy for the future.” IfsShowsLyingEnergyGrowthBoysEconomicKeysModelsAlternativesFuelJapanOur FutureFossilsEconomic GrowthFossil FuelPostersRenewable EnergyBurning Fossil FuelsNukes Author:David Suzuki
“I find it interesting that many of the people who want to restrict fossil fuels live in well-developed countries where abundant and affordable energy is readily available.” PeopleWantWellsCountryEnergyInterestingAvailableFuelFossilsAffordableFossil FuelDeveloped CountryBurning Fossil Fuels Author:Lee R. Raymond
“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
“We must proceed with our own energy development. Exploitation of domestic petroleum and natural gas potentialities, along with nuclear, solar, geothermal, and non-fossil fuels is vital. We will never again permit any foreign nation to have Uncle Sam over a barrel of oil.” EnergyNationsNaturalDevelopmentOilNuclearFuelGasPermitExploitationUnclesFossilsFossil FuelBarrelsNatural GasPetroleumUncle SamGeothermal Author:Gerald R. Ford
“We don't know how to use energy or what to use it for. And we cannot restrain ourselves. Our time is characterized as much by the abuse and waste of human energy as it is by the abuse and waste of fossil fuel energy.” KnowsHumansUseEnergyKnow HowWasteAbuseOur TimeFuelFossilsFossil FuelRenewable EnergyEnergy PolicyEnergy UseEnergy Crisis Book:The Unsettling of America: Culture & Agriculture Source: The Unsettling of America: Culture & Agriculture
“Sure, you can say nuclear power is somewhat less carbon-intensive than burning fossil fuels for energy; beating your children to death with a club will prevent them from getting hit by a car. Ravaging the Earth by one irreparable means is not a sensible way to prevent it from being destroyed by another. There are alternatives. We should choose them and use them.” WayShouldMeanChildrenUseEarthEnergyCarOur ChildrenClubsNuclearDestroyedBurningAlternativesYour ChildrenFuelSensibleCarbonFossilsFossil FuelNuclear PowerIrreparableBurning Fossil Fuels Author:Rebecca Solnit
“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
“Many governments are giving subsidies to fossil fuel production and consumption that encourage greenhouse gas emissions, at the same time as they are spending on projects to promote clean energy. This is a wasteful use of scarce budget resources.” GivingUseGovernmentEnergyProjectsResourcesCleanClimate ChangeProductionsSpendingBudgetsFuelGasConsumptionFossilsScarceFossil FuelEmissionsGreenhousesSubsidiesClean EnergyGreenhouse Gases Author:Jose Angel Gurria
“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
“We are quite convinced that if he were alive today, as an astute businessman looking out to the future, he would be moving out of fossil fuels and investing in clean, renewable energy.” IfsWould BeTodayMovingEnergyBusinessAliveCleanClimateInvestingConvincedFuelBusinessmanFossilsFossil FuelLive For TodayRenewable EnergyMoving OutAstute Author:Stephen Heintz
“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
“It's as certain that as long as fossil fuels are the cheapest energy, we will just keep burning them.” LongCertainEnergyBurningFuelFossilsFossil FuelBurning Fossil Fuels Author:James Hansen
“Our children will work in energy tomorrow - they just won't work in fossil fuels, in the meantime, for social justice, economic justice and stability, we need ... negotiated, planned outcomes that people can touch at both the national and industry and enterprise level.” PeopleNeedsChildrenEnergySocialJusticeLevelsEconomicIndustryTomorrowOur ChildrenSocial JusticeOutcomesFuelEnterpriseStabilityFossilsFossil FuelEconomic Justice Author:Sharan Burrow
“The gradual depletion of the ozone layer and the related "greenhouse effect" has now reached crisis proportions as a consequence of industrial growth, massive urban concentrations and vastly increased energy needs. Industrial waste, the burning of fossil fuels, unrestricted deforestation, the use of certain types of herbicides, coolants and propellants: all of these are known to harm the atmosphere and environment.” NeedsUseCertainEnergyGrowthKnownEnvironmentEffectsTypeWasteConsequenceCrisisEnvironmentalHarmBurningAtmosphereRelatedProportionFuelConcentrationMassiveSustainabilityLayersUrbanFossilsFossil FuelGreenhousesDeforestationOzoneOzone LayerHerbicides Author:Pope John Paul II
“If aliens did visit us, I'd be embarrassed to tell them we still dig fossil fuels from the ground as a source of energy.” IfsInspirationalStillsMotivationalEnergySourceAliensFuelEmbarrassedFossilsFossil FuelEco Author:Neil deGrasse Tyson
“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
“People of conscience in our leadership in Washington have been scared off by the right and the fossil fuel lobbies. They won't even use the term "sustainability" or "climate change" in an energy bill, which is ludicrous on its face. It completely ignores the elephant in the room that we're all dealing with. The average American doesn't even believe climate change is real, they think it's all a hoax.” PeopleThinkingBelieveHas BeensRealUseFacesEnergyTermRoomsConscienceBillsClimateClimate ChangeAverageScaredFuelSustainabilityElephantsFossilsFossil FuelHoaxesElephant In The Room Author:James Cameron
“In nature the only source of energy is from the sun. So in ecological systems everything comes from the sun through the process of photosynthesis whereas now in human built environment our source of energy is from fossil fuels, renewable, wood energy or hydro-energy but it is not from the sun. So until we are able to operate and run a human built environment by imitating photosynthesis it will be a long while before we can have a true eco-system.” HumansLongRunningAbleEnergyProcessSunEnvironmentSourceBuiltWoodsFuelFossilsFossil FuelEcologicalImitatingEcoPhotosynthesisBuilt Environment Author:Ken Yeang