“There are skeptics who do not come to their view because they have a source of income from carbon polluters.” ViewsSourceIncomeCarbonSkeptic Author:Al Gore
“The sooner we switch away from carbon-based fuel and start relying on renewable energy sources available in the United States, the sooner we will grow our economy by creating the millions of new jobs that will come from retrofitting homes and businesses, building smart grids, renewable energy systems and planting trees and all the rest. We need to create a lot of jobs that can't be outsourced.” NeedsStatesHomeJobsEnergyGrowsUnitedMillionsUnited StatesEconomyTreeBuildingSourceCreatingSmartAvailableFuelCarbonRenewable EnergyNew JobGridsEnergy SourcesRenewable Energy SourcesOutsourced Author:Al Gore
“There are skeptics who do not come to their view because they have a source of income from carbon polluters. I don't mean to imply that they're all in that category at all. There are also those who are also not motivated by ideological resistance for any role of government. But I don't know of any arguments or any presenters of arguments that overturn the consensus that I think have gained any legitimacy.” ThinkingKnowsMeanGovernmentViewsRolesSourceArgumentIncomeResistanceMotivatedCategoriesCarbonConsensusIdeologicalSkepticLegitimacyPresenterRole Of Government Author:Al Gore
“Natural gas is a very flexible source of energy that can help us bridge the gap between our current high-carbon economy and our zero-carbon future.” HelpingEnergyNaturalEconomySourceCurrentsBridgesGasGapsZeroCarbonFlexibleNatural Gas Author:Katharine Hayhoe
“My first goal would be to reduce the perturbation in the carbon cycle. That would mean using carbon neutral sources of energy, and changing our agricultural practices to be less disruptive and polluting. I'm not talking about a policy here so much as changing the way our infrastructure works. That's why I'm so fascinated with changing the way we build cities, because they are the most developed forms of physical infrastructure for human habitation.” WayFirstsHumansMeanWould BeFormEnergyGoalCitiesTalkingPracticePolicySourceCyclesFascinatedCarbonInfrastructureNot TalkingDisruptiveCarbon Cycle Author:Annalee Newitz
“Remember that the problem is bigger than the car you drive or the types of lightbulbs in city hall. We need a fundamental shift away from dirty fossil fuels that spew carbon pollution. To make that happen, we need to put pressure on our leaders to take the bold actions necessary to move us off dirty sources of energy.” NeedsProblemHappensActionRememberMovingEnergyCitiesLeaderCarSourceTypeBiggerPressureFundamentalsDirtyFuelHallsPollutionCarbonFossilsFossil FuelBold ActionsCity Hall Author:Al Gore
“The largest source of greenhouse gases in the coming decades will not be the US, Western Europe and Japan, but the developing economies of East Asia, Latin America and Eastern Europe. The coming eruption of carbon emissions from the poor world will dwarf any reductions in the North.” WorldAmericaPoorEconomySourceFutureEuropeWesternEastDecadesDevelopingJapanLatinCarbonAsiaEasternReductionLatin AmericaEmissionsGreenhousesDwarfsDwarvesGreenhouse GasesEastern EuropeEruptionWestern EuropeCarbon EmissionsEast Asia Author:Ross Gelbspan
“We know that things like energy independence, getting off oil, getting out of the Middle East, and creating jobs and economic development in the new clean energy industries of the future are much higher priorities for most voters than capping carbon emissions or taxing dirty energy sources. So why not redefine our agenda as the solution to those problems?” KnowsProblemJobsEnergyEconomicMiddleSourceDevelopmentIndustryHigherCreatingSolutionsIndependenceCleanOilEastPrioritiesDirtyAgendasWhy NotVotersMiddle EastCarbonEmissionsEconomic DevelopmentClean EnergyEnergy SourcesCarbon EmissionsCreating JobsEnergy IndependenceEnergy Industry Author:Ted Nordhaus
“Energy is a sector of the economy that has been particularly resistant to innovation. This is precisely the problem. It is why we are still dependant on energy sources that are 100 to 150 years old while virtually every other sector of the economy has transformed itself. This is why we believe that the faith that many environmentalists still hold that carbon regulations and taxes will drive sufficient private sector investment into energy markets to create the kind of innovation we need is unfounded.” NeedsYearsBelieveKindHas BeensStillsProblemEnergyEconomySourceTaxesInnovationInvestmentSufficientTransformedRegulationCarbonPrivate SectorEnvironmentalistEnergy Sources Author:Ted Nordhaus
“It was huge mistake to avoid working with the rest of the world because (a) we're the largest source of the problem: 4% of us who are in the U.S. produce 25% of the world's carbon dioxide.” WorldProblemMistakeProduceHugeSourceCarbonCarbon Dioxide Author:Bill McKibben
“Some solutions are relatively simple and would provide economic benefits: implementing measures to conserve energy, putting a price on carbon through taxes and cap-and-trade and shifting from fossil fuels to clean and renewable energy sources.” EnergySimpleEconomicSourceTaxesBenefitsSolutionsTradeCleanFuelCarbonFossilsShiftingCapsFossil FuelRenewable EnergyEnergy SourcesImplementingBurning Fossil FuelsRenewable Energy Sources Author:David Suzuki