“The foundation is being laid for the emergence of both wind and solar cells as cornerstones of the new energy economy. World wind generating capacity grew from 7,600 megawatts in 1997 to 9,600 in 1998, an expansion of 26 percent. At a national level, Germany led the way, adding 790 megawatts of capacity, followed by Spain with 380 megawatts, and the United States with 226 megawatts. In the past, U.S. wind generating capacity was concentrated in California, but in 1998, wind farms began generating electricity in Minnesota, Oregon, and Wyoming, broadening the new industry's geographical base.” WorldWayStatesPastEnergyLevelsUnitedUnited StatesEconomyWindGrewIndustryPercentCapacityFoundationCellsAlternativesCaliforniaGermanyFarmsExpansionElectricitySpainEmergenceCornerstonesMinnesotaOregonWyomingNew EnergyWind FarmsSolar Cells Author:Lester R. Brown
“The Arts Council of England, in a 1998 report on 11 countries, found that Germany spent $85 per capita on the arts. The United States spent a shocking $6. And Canada, in its stubborn balance, spent $46... It's the Canadian way to be halfway between the Old and New worlds.” WorldWayArtCountryStatesFoundUnitedUnited StatesBalanceEnglandGermanyReportsCanadaMuseumsNew WorldStubbornShockingCouncilHalfwayOld And New Author:Michael Audain
“I would say, on the basis of having observe a thousand people in the experiment and having my own intuition shaped and informed by these experiments, that if a system of death camps were set up in the United States of the sort we had seen in Nazi Germany, one would find sufficient personnel for those camps in any medium-sized American town.” PeopleIfsStatesMy OwnUnitedUnited StatesThousandBasesTownsIntuitionExperimentsMediumsSufficientGermanyCampsNaziPersonnelNazi GermanyDeath Camps Author:Stanley Milgram
“If we [American nation] are only thinking about tomorrow or the next day and not thinking about 10 years from now, we're not going to control our own economic future, because China, Germany - they're making these [clean energy] investments. And I'm not going to cede those jobs of the future to those countries. I expect those new energy sources to be built right here in the United States.” IfsThinkingYearsCountryStatesJobsNextEnergyNationsUnitedUnited StatesEconomicSourceTomorrowBuiltCleanInvestmentChinaGermanyNext DayClean EnergyEnergy SourcesNew Energy Author:Barack Obama
“When the press writes scare stories about the global labor supply draining jobs from rich to poor places, the story is usually presented as a "race to the bottom" simply in terms of wages. Capitalism supposedly looks for labor wherever labor is cheapest. This story is half wrong. A kind of cultural selection is also at work, so that jobs leave high-wage countries like the United States and Germany, but migrate to low-wage economies with skilled, sometimes overqualified workers.” WritingLooksKindCountrySometimesStatesStoriesJobsTermPoorUnitedRaceHalfUnited StatesEconomyRichLowsCapitalismLaborPressesWorkersBottomGermanyScareWagesSelectionDrainingMigrateOverqualified Book:The Culture of the New Capitalism Source: The Culture of the New Capitalism
“The United States of America has helped underwrite the global security for more than six decades with the blood of our citizens and the strength of our arms. The service and sacrifice of our men and women in uniform has promoted peace and prosperity from Germany to Korea and enabled democracy to take hold in places like the Balkans.” MenStatesAmericaUnitedUnited StatesDemocracySacrificeBloodSecurityArmsCitizensSixMen And WomenProsperityDecadesGermanyUniformsUnited States Of AmericaKoreaBalkansService And Sacrifice Author:Barack Obama
“The thing about World War II is that everyone knows about the concentration camps in Europe - in Nazi Germany and Poland and Auschwitz and the other camps - but, no one really talks about the camps that were here in the United States.” KnowsWorldWarStatesUnitedUnited StatesEuropeWar Of The WorldsGermanyConcentrationCampsWorld War IiWorld War INaziPolandNazi GermanyAuschwitzConcentration Camp Author:Lea Salonga
“I guess my favorite way to travel is in a car, especially if you get to go some place cool. The bullet train in Japan is cool; but overall, driving through certain areas, like the desert in the United States, or the Black Forest in Germany, you feel the nature unfolding.” IfsWayFeelsStatesCertainBlackUnitedUnited StatesCarAreasTrainMy FavoriteDrivingForestsDesertGermanyJapanBulletsUnfolding Author:Steve Kimock
“Joschka Fischer was a Green Party politician and Germany's foreign minister. We hired Mr. Fischer, as well as former US Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, as advisors because we, as an automaker, want to know, for example, how new emissions laws will develop in the United States, Europe and Asia. Fischer and Ms. Albright have diverse contacts worldwide. They can call our attention to trends early on, information from which we can benefit.” KnowsWantWellsStatesLawUnitedPartyAttentionUnited StatesInformationExamplePoliticianBenefitsEuropeGreenContactFormerMinistersGermanyTrendsDiverseSecretaryAsiaEmissionsAdvisorsFischerMadeleinesGreen Party Author:Norbert Reithofer
“Putin is a despot, and he's a very good despot. And he will see things in a narrow way. What is good for Russia? That is what he will do. If that's represented by a move toward the Baltic, that would be very dangerous, but he would do it, on the assumption that he would ask himself the question: I am prepared to fight for Estonia. Is the United States? Is Germany? Is Britain, France?” IfsWayStatesWould BeMovingFightingAsksUnitedUnited StatesDangerousPreparedVery GoodRussiaFranceGermanyAssumptionBritainPutinDespotsEstonia Author:Marvin Kalb
“The president should stop apologizing, stop being defensive. The reality is the NSA has saved thousands of lives not just in the United States but in France, Germany and throughout Europe.” ShouldStatesRealityPresidentUnitedUnited StatesEuropeSavedFranceGermanyApologizingNsa Author:Peter King
“Partners like the United States and Germany must always discuss all issues, including these questions. I welcome the fact that a discussion over legitimate methods of questioning and interrogation is taking place in both Germany and the United States.” StatesFactsUnitedUnited StatesIssuesMethodIncludingPartnersWelcomeDiscussionGermanyQuestioningInterrogation Author:Angela Merkel
“How can the United States be competitive globally if higher education is unaffordable? Germany, Austria, Denmark, Finland, Norway, Scotland and Sweden have no tuition for college. Other countries have low tuition. We need the best educated workforce in the world. Instead of spending endless amounts on the military, we need to invest in our young people.” PeopleIfsWorldNeedsCountryStatesYoungUnitedEducationUnited StatesMilitaryCollegeAmountHigherLowsSpendingEndlessEducatedGermanyOther CountriesScotlandHigher EducationSwedenWorkforceDenmarkTuitionNorwayAustriaFinlandCollege Tuition Author:Bernie Sanders