“I’d put my money on the sun and solar energy. What a source of power! I hope we don’t have to wait until oil and coal run out before we tackle that.” Thomas Edison

“The exciting thing about the energy technology revolution is that it spans the whole economy-from green-collar construction jobs to high-tech solar-panel designing jobs. It could lift so many boats”. Thomas Friedman

“Ethanol is, in its pure form, just as much of a sham as oil.” Rob Corddry

“Mandating energy standards for new buildings should be done—now. Congress has asked the Department of Energy to develop the codes so that they can do unto new construction what has been done to old gas-guzzling autos. Building codes now exist with varied emphasis on electrical installations, on fire-proofing and the like. New standards should be swiftly applied so that the emphasis is on energy conservation. Let’s get on with it.”
Malcolm Forbes 1979

“The Stone Age did not end for lack of stone and the Oil Age will end long before the world runs out of oil.” Sheikh Zaki Yamani

“When I first started paying $4 a gallon for gas, I didn’t mind, I thought I was just getting better gas.” Stephen Colbert

“We are all addicts of fossil fuels in a state of denial, about to face cold turkey.” Kurt Vonnegut

“Energy Conservation is the foundation of energy independence.” Tom Allen

“I have a great deal of difficulty with those who live in a huge prosperous country telling people in the developing world that they should be deprived of a critical source of energy.” Lee Raymond

“The Russians are turning east to the Chinese-to the Europeans surprise. It always seemed to me that the relationship between Russia and China would shift from being based in Marx and Lenin to being based in oil and gas.”
Daniel Yergin

“In addition to contributing to erosion, pollution, food poisoning and the dead zone, corn requires huge amounts of fossil fuel-it takes a half a gallon of fossil fuel to produce a bushel of corn.” Michael Pollan