“The oil dinosaurs want to win so badly in my home state because what happens here matters everywhere. The nation often follows where California goes.” WantMatterStatesHomeHappensWinningNationsOilCaliforniaDinosaursHome State Author:Rebecca Solnit
“Look, I don't think President Obama would have bowed to the ruler of Saudi Arabia if he didn't have oil to the degree that the Saudis do. I think they and other producing states, almost all of whom, except Norway and Canada, are dictatorships or autocratic systems, have thrown their weight around because of oil.” IfsThinkingLooksStatesPresidentDegreesWeightOilCanadaThrownPresident ObamaRulersDictatorshipArabiaSaudi ArabiaSaudisNorway Author:R. James Woolsey, Jr.
“I'm fighting for small businesses. I'm not fighting for big oil. Don't be confused. And there are thousands of businesses in this state that are at great risk. Meanwhile, the country keeps guzzling the oil, but we're out of work down here. We need to get back to work to build this region, and we intend to do so.” NeedsCountryStatesBigsFightingRiskOilConfusedRegionsGet BackSmall BusinessBack To WorkGreat RiskBig Oil Author:Mary Landrieu
“States with tremendous oil and natural gas reserves have the most to gain economically from proper regulation.” StatesNaturalGainsOilGasRegulationReservesNatural Gas Author:Gina McCarthy
“Oil policy, policy toward the United States, policy toward Iran, Bahrain, Yemen, very unlikely, I think, to see significant change. These policies were the policies that had a wide family consensus. The question I think would be if the king becomes sick, whether you have weak Saudi leadership in the Arab world and the Middle East rather than strong Saudi leadership, but I think the fundamental policies will continue, the ones we’re familiar with under King Abdullah.” IfsThinkingWorldStatesWould BeStrongUnitedUnited StatesMiddlePolicyKingsWeakSickFundamentalsWideOilEastSignificantFamiliarIranMiddle EastUnlikelyConsensusSaudisArab WorldYemenSignificant ChangeBahrainKing Abdullah Author:Elliott Abrams
“The people of the United States don't recognize it, but the oil industry has given the greatest gift to the people of the nation, and that gift is the low cost of energy. Bottom line is this enables the country to be very competitive manufacturing-wise and in the world economy.” PeopleWorldCountryStatesEnergyGivenNationsLinesUnitedUnited StatesEconomyWiseIndustryCostLowsBottomOilBottom LineManufacturingGreatest GiftsWorld EconomyOil Industry Author:Ray L. Hunt
“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
“So long as there is an Israeli occupation in Palestine and so long as U.S. policy is biased, the so-called terrorism that the United States fears will escalate because the mistakes of U.S. foreign policy are pouring oil on fire.” LongStatesUnitedMistakeUnited StatesFirePolicyTerrorismOilOccupationForeign PolicyPalestineIsraeliPouringBiasedIsraeli Occupation Author:Khaled Mashal
“Fear of emotional contact with men out of fear of being a sexual suspect makes boys, ironically, even more powerless before girls. Homophobia is like telling the United States it will be a sissy nation if it doesn't get all its oil from OPEC.” IfsMenStatesGirlNationsUnitedBoysUnited StatesEmotionalOilContactSuspectsPowerlessHomophobiaSissyOpec Author:Warren Farrell
“Let us rid ourselves of the fiction that low oil prices are somehow good for the United States.” StatesUnitedFictionUnited StatesLowsOilOil Price Author:Dick Cheney
“If the United States was mad enough to attack Iran or aggress Venezuela again the price of a barrel of oil could reach $150 or even $200.” IfsStatesEnoughUnitedUnited StatesMadOilIranBarrelsVenezuela Author:Hugo Chavez
“Now, the United States' response, the western response to this is a continuation of the appeasement that was started back in the '50s with Eisenhower when Iran seized western oil companies. The Americans, the British, and the Israelis, as I remember, launched an attack to try to reclaim it and - or at least the British and the Israelis did and Eisenhower vetoed it.” TryingStatesRememberUnitedCompanyUnited StatesResponseWesternBritishOilIranContinuationOil CompaniesAppeasement Author:Leonard Peikoff