“[I predict] the electricity generated by water power is the only thing that is going to keep future generations from freezing. Now we use coal whenever we produce electric power by steam engine, but there will be a time when there'll be no more coal to use. That time is not in the very distant future. ... Oil is too insignificant in its available supply to come into much consideration.” UseScienceWaterGenerationsProduceAvailableOilConsiderationEnginesElectricElectricityPredictionsCoalInsignificantFuture GenerationSteamFreezingSteam EnginesWater PowerElectric Power Author:Charles Proteus Steinmetz
“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
“Wind has the potential to produce many, many more jobs per kilowatt hour than coal. But the coal industry has tremendous political clout on Capitol Hill because of its alliance with the railroads... and with coal-burning utilities...” JobsPoliticalHoursProduceWindIndustryBurningHillsCoalUtilityAlliancesRailroadsCapitolCloutCapitol Hill Author:Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.
“Since 1850, burning of fossil fuels, coal, oil and natural gas has increased 100 times to produce energy as the world has industrialized to serve the world's more than 6 billion and growing population.” WorldEnergyNaturalGrowingProducePopulationOilBillionsBurningFuelGasCoalFossilsFossil FuelNatural GasBurning Fossil FuelsBurning Coal Author:John Olver
“Imposing excessive new regulations, or closing coal-fired power plants, would produce few health or environmental benefits. But it would exact huge costs on society - and bring factories, offices and economies to a screeching halt in states that are 80-98% dependent on coal: Indiana, Kentucky, Missouri, North Dakota, Ohio, Utah, West Virginia and Wyoming.” StatesEconomyProduceHugeCostOfficeBenefitsPlantWestEnvironmentalDependentFactoriesRegulationCoalClosingVirginiaHaltOhioImposingIndianaKentuckyUtahDakotaMissouriPower PlantsWest VirginiaWyomingNorth Dakota Author:Paul Driessen
“There's no question that natural gas is a lot better than coal or oil, in the sense that natural gas produces less carbon per unit of energy produced.” EnergyNaturalProduceOilGasUnitsCarbonCoalNatural Gas Author:Katharine Hayhoe
“Burning carbon-based substances like oil, gas, and especially coal, produces billions of tons of extra carbon dioxide each year. Methane gas from cows and pigs and other animals on our large farms ends up in the atmosphere as well, trapping more of the sun's energy as heat.” YearsWellsEndsEnergyAnimalSunProduceOilBillionsBurningSubstanceAtmosphereHeatExtrasGasFarmsCowsPigsCarbonCoalCarbon DioxideMethane Author:Bill Nye
“This island is made mainly of coal and surrounded by fish. Only an organizing genius could produce a shortage of coal and fish at the same time.” MadeHumorFunnyProduceGeniusFishesIslandsFishingCoalShortageShortage Of Time Author:Aneurin Bevan