“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
“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
“We've gone from thinking the fuels that powered our growth were inexpensive, inexhaustible and benign to understanding they are exhaustible, expensive and toxic. Once you frame the problem that way, people will look at solutions differently.” PeopleThinkingWayLooksProblemUnderstandingGrowthGoneSolutionsFuelExpensiveToxicBenignInexpensive Author:Thomas Friedman
“There are lots of bad things that can happen to a food economy that's both extensive and centralized. There's no substitute for petroleum. To have a growth economy based on a declining fuel supply is bound to be stressful.” HappensGrowthEconomyBoundsFuelBad ThingsSubstitutesStressfulPetroleum Book:Conversations with Wendell Berry Source: Conversations with Wendell Berry
“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
“We grow the aspects of our lives that we feed - with energy and engagement - and choke off those we deprive of fuel. Your life is what you agree to attend to.” InspirationalLife IsEnergyGrowsGrowthOur LivesAspectAgreeFuelEngagementChoke Author:Jim Loehr
“Climate change is due to the use of energy for industrial growth, which has been and is overwhelmingly based on fossil fuels.” Has BeensUseEnergyGrowthClimateClimate ChangeDuesFuelFossilsFossil Fuel Author:Graciela Chichilnisky