“We do have serious energy needs for the country, we are aware that natural gas is especially in demand because of its air quality benefits: 90 percent of new power plants have been natural gas-powered.” NeedsHas BeensCountryEnergyNaturalQualityAirSeriousDemandBenefitsPercentPlantGasNatural GasPower PlantsAir Quality Author:Gale Norton
“Our country has suffered from an on-again, off-again energy policy that has failed to get us to energy independence. As President Obama has said, we need a comprehensive energy plan for the country that includes conventional resources like oil and gas, but that also takes advantage of wind, solar, biomass, geothermal, and other renewable resources.” NeedsSaidCountryEnergyPresidentPlansPolicyWindResourcesAdvantageIndependenceOilOur CountryGasPresident ObamaConventionalComprehensiveOil And GasEnergy PolicyRenewable ResourcesEnergy IndependenceBiomassGeothermal Author:Ken Salazar
“New discoveries and production of resources like shale oil and gas are dramatically altering our energy supply outlook and the entire global geopolitical landscape. And the pace of change - particularly in the past few years - continues to accelerate.” YearsPastEnergyDiscoveryResourcesProductionsOilLandscapeGasPaceOutlookAccelerateNew DiscoveriesOil And GasGeopoliticalPace Of Change Author:Fred Upton
“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
“The EPA's greenhouse gas regulations, along with a host of other onerous regulations, are unnecessarily driving out conventional fuels as part of America's energy mix. The consequences are higher energy prices for families and a contraction of our nation's economic growth.” AmericaEnergyNationsGrowthEconomicHigherConsequenceDrivingFuelGasHostRegulationConventionalEconomic GrowthGreenhousesGreenhouse GasesContractionsEpa Author:Gina McCarthy
“And most of all, it means continually drawing connections among these seemingly disparate struggles—asserting, for instance, that the logic that would cut pensions, food stamps, and health care before increasing taxes on the rich is the same logic that would blast the bedrock of the earth to get the last vapors of gas and the last drops of oil before making the shift to renewable energy.” MeanCareEarthLastsEnergyStruggleRichCuttingTaxesConnectionsLogicOilDrawingInstanceHealth CareGasStampsBlastPensionRenewable EnergyBedrockVaporFood Stamps Book:This Changes Everything: Capitalism Vs. The Climate Source: This Changes Everything: Capitalism Vs. The Climate
“What I see are people who want affordable energy. They want strong environmental standards - they want a lot of things - but first and foremost they want affordable energy. And if you want affordable energy, you want oil, gas and coal.” PeopleIfsWantFirstsEnergyStrongStandardsEnvironmentalOilGasCoalAffordable Author:John S. Watson
“Chinese growth will either be strong or very strong. They have a voracious demand for energy that will only continue to grow. What they're doing... is looking at all forms of energy. They're going ahead very strongly with coal, nuclear, oil, natural gas.” FormEnergyStrongGrowsGrowthNaturalDemandOilNuclearChineseGasVery StrongCoalNatural Gas Author:John S. Watson
“First, the oil and gas business pays its fair share of taxes. Despite the current debate on energy taxes, few businesses pay more in taxes than oil and gas companies. The worldwide effective tax rate for our industry in 2010 was 40 percent. That's higher than the U.S. statutory rate of 35 percent and the rate for manufacturers of 26.5 percent.” FirstsEnergyPayCompanyShareIndustryHigherTaxesPercentFairsRateCurrentsOilDebateDespiteGasFair ShareOil And Gas Author:John S. Watson
“Historically, the United States has had a wonderful energy policy. We're blessed with a diversity of resources. We have oil. We have gas. We have coal. We have nuclear. And renewables. And as a result, one of our biggest competitive advantages has been affordable energy. You need a strong economy and you need affordable energy to fuel that economy.” NeedsHas BeensStatesEnergyStrongUnitedResultsUnited StatesEconomyWonderfulPolicyDiversityResourcesAdvantageBlessedOilNuclearFuelGasCoalAffordableCompetitive AdvantageEnergy PolicyStrong Economy Author:John S. Watson
“The money economy thus leaves a large ecological footprint, defined as the amount of land and resources required to meet a typical consumer's needs. For example, with only about 4% of the world's population, the United States, the largest money economy, consumes in excess of one-quarter of the world's energy and materials and generates in excess of 25 percent of the world's greenhouse gas emissions.” WorldNeedsStatesEnergyUnitedUnited StatesEconomyLandExampleMaterialsAmountPercentResourcesPopulationDefinedConsumersGasQuartersExcessConsumerismTypicalEmissionsEcologicalFootprintOverconsumptionGreenhousesGreenhouse GasesEcological Footprints Author:Stuart L. Hart
“We are ready to build large underground gas storages in Turkey, to participate in the privatization of Turkey's gas-distribution networks, to use the existing and participate in the construction of new pipelines in order to supply our energy resources through Turkey to third countries, including in southern Europe” CountryUseOrderEnergyReadyResourcesEuropeThirdsIncludingGasSouthernConstructionParticipationDistributionTurkeysStoragePipelinePrivatization Author:Vladimir Putin
“We continue to go from crisis to crisis, whether it is electricity or whether it is gas prices. We need comprehensive solutions, not patchwork crisis management. We wouldn't be in this situation today if Senate Democrats weren't holding up the national energy plan that the president proposed back in May of 2001.” IfsNeedsMayTodayEnergyPresidentSituationPlansSolutionsManagementCrisisDemocratGasSenateElectricityComprehensiveGas PricesCrisis ManagementPatchwork Author:Scott McClellan
“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
“The way to bring gas prices down is to end our dependence on oil and use the renewable sources that can give us the equivalent of $1 per gallon gasoline.” WayGivingEndsUseEnergySourceOilGasDependenceGasolineGallonsGas PricesAlternative Energy Author:Al Gore
“Among the many important provisions in the energy bill are the creation of an estimated half million new jobs, increased oil production, blackout protection, controlling fertilizer costs by stabilizing natural gas prices and enacting new efficiency benchmarks.” ImportantJobsEnergyNaturalHalfMillionsCreationCostBillsProductionsProtectionOilGasEfficiencyProvisionNew JobNatural GasFertilizerGas PricesBlackoutsOil Production Author:Paul Gillmor
“The horn of dilemma of energy politics is what really drives concern about this energy in this country, at the gut level for most people, is high gas prices. And if you really want to fight global warming and try to reduce our carbon emissions, the cleanest, easiest, most rational way to do it would to make the price of gas even higher through very stiff gas prices.” PeopleIfsWayWantTryingCountryFightingEnergyLevelsHigherConcernRationalGlobal WarmingGutsGasCarbonHornsDilemmaEmissionsGas PricesCarbon Emissions Author:Rich Lowry
“The transition from coal, oil, and gas to wind, solar, and geothermal energy is well under way. In the old economy, energy was produced by burning something - oil, coal, or natural gas - leading to the carbon emissions that have come to define our economy. The new energy economy harnesses the energy in wind, the energy coming from the sun, and heat from within the earth itself.” WayWellsEarthEnergyNaturalEconomySunWindOilBurningHeatGasTransitionCarbonCoalEmissionsHarnessNatural GasOil And GasCarbon EmissionsNew EnergyAlternative EnergyGeothermalGeothermal Energy Author:Lester R. Brown
“We will achieve North America energy independence by 2020, by taking full advantage of our oil, our gas, our coal, our renewables and our nuclear power. Abundant, inexpensive, domestic energy will not only create energy jobs, it will bring back manufacturing jobs.” JobsAmericaEnergyAchieveAdvantageIndependenceOilNuclearGasCoalManufacturingNorth AmericaNuclear PowerInexpensiveEnergy Independence Author:Mitt Romney
“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
“Clean energy is about offering people the opportunity to do what's right for themselves and the people they love. It's about reducing the pollution that makes people sick. It's about helping the low-income families struggling to pay their gas and electricity bills.” PeopleHelpingOpportunityEnergyPayStruggleLowsSickBillsCleanIncomeGasOfferingPollutionElectricityReducingClean EnergyLow Income Author:Gloria Reuben
“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
“How did we make the transition from using wood to using coal, from using coal to using oil, from using oil to using natural gas? How in God's name did we make that transition without a Federal Energy Agency?” GovernmentNamesEnergyNaturalWoodsOilAgencyGasTransitionCoalNatural Gas Author:Milton Friedman
“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
“Russia is a gas station masquerading as a country. It's kleptocracy, it's corruption, it's a nation that's really only dependent upon oil and gas for their economy.” CountryRealityPoliticsEnergyNationsMoneyEconomyPolicyCorruptionOilRussiaIdeologyDependentGasStationsForeign PolicyGas StationsOil And Gas Author:John McCain
“I did a lot of work on energy efficiency at the White House. By the time I left we had taken the equivalent of six hundred cars a year off the road in reduced greenhouse gas emissions just in the White House complex.” YearsHouseEnergyLeftWhiteTakenCarSixHundredComplexesGasWhite HouseEfficiencyEmissionsGreenhousesGreenhouse GasesEnergy Efficiency Author:William J. Clinton
“We simply have to transition from an economy based almost exclusively on oil and coal and natural gas to one that's far more diversified, that uses solar energy, and wind energy, and the power of the tides, and bio-mass energy, and eventually, develops hydrogen.” UseEnergyNaturalEconomyWindMassOilGasTransitionTidesCoalHydrogenNatural GasSolar EnergyBiosWind Energy Author:William J. Clinton
“What we should be doing [in US] is accelerating every year our efforts to reduce our greenhouse gas emissions, have a cleaner energy future, have much more energy conservation. And this won't hurt anybody. This will create a new economy for America, if we've got the discipline to do it.” IfsShouldYearsAmericaEnergyHurtEffortEconomyDisciplineGasConservationEmissionsCleanersGreenhousesGreenhouse GasesEnergy Conservation Author:William J. Clinton
“Now, once again, we find ourselves facing rising gas prices, and the question is: This time, are we going to learn from the past? Are we finally going to get serious about energy conservation? Of course not! We have the brains of mealworms! So we need to get more oil somehow. As far as I can figure, there's only one practical way to do this. That's right: We need to clone more dinosaurs. We have the technology, as was shown in two blockbuster scientific movies, Jurassic Park and Jurassic Park Returns with Exactly the Same Plot. Once we have the dinosaurs, all we need is an asteroid.” WayNeedsI CanTwoPastCoursesEnergyBrainTechnologyFiguresSeriousReturnOilPracticalsParksRisingGasPlotConservationDinosaursAsteroidsBlockbusterLearn From The PastGas PricesJurassic ParkEnergy Conservation Author:Dave Barry
“There's no free lunch. If you want an industrial economy, you need energy. If you want energy, it will produce pollution. You can have it in two forms. You can have it dissipated in the atmosphere - like carbon dioxide - which then you cannot recover, or you can have the waste concentrated in one small space like nuclear. That is far easier to deal with. The idea that you can be able to create renewable energy at a price anywhere near the current price for oil or gas or coal is a fantasy.” IfsWantNeedsTwoIdeasAbleFormEnergySpaceDealsFantasyEconomyProduceEasierWasteCurrentsOilNuclearAtmosphereGasLunchPollutionCarbonCoalRenewable EnergyCarbon DioxideSmall SpacesFree Lunch Author:Charles Krauthammer