Al Gore Quotes About Energy

Quotes about: Energy

• ...it ought to be possible to establish a coordinated global program to accomplish the strategic goal of completely eliminating the internal combustion engine over, say, a twenty-five-year period.

  Al Gore

  Years, Goal, Twenties

  "Earth in the Balance". Book by Al Gore, June, 1992.

• I think the cost of energy will come down when we make this transition to renewable energy.

  Al Gore

  Thinking, Environmental, Energy

• We the human species, are confronting a planetary emergency-a threat to the survival of our civilization that is gathering ominous and destructive potential...the earth has a fever. And the fever is rising...Indeed, without realizing it, we have begun to wage war on earth itself.

  Al Gore

  War, Civilization, Survival

  Al Gore's Nobel Lecture in Oslo, Norway, www.nobelprize.org. December 10, 2007.

• Hurricane Sandy is a disturbing sign of things to come. We must heed this warning and act quickly to solve the climate crisis. Dirty energy makes dirty weather.

  Al Gore

  Dirty, Weather, Energy

  "Sandy puts climate change back on the US election agenda" by Suzanne Goldenberg, www.theguardian.com. October 31, 2012.

• Once the renewable infrastructure is built, the fuel is free forever. Unlike carbon-based fuels, the wind and the sun and the earth itself provide fuel that is free, in amounts that are effectively limitless.

  Al Gore

  Wind, Forever, Energy

  Al Gore (2009). “Our Choice: A Plan to Solve the Climate Crisis”, Rodale Books

• Our insatiable drive to rummage deep beneath the surface of the earth is a willful expansion of our dysfunctional civilization into Nature.

  Al Gore

  Eugenics, Civilization, Energy

  Al Gore (2013). “Earth in the Balance: Forging a New Common Purpose”, p.234, Routledge

• 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.

  Al Gore

  Jobs, Smart, Home

  ""What in the Hell Do They Think Is Causing It?"". Interview with John Dickerson, www.slate.com. December 8, 2009.

• The misconception that there is serious disagreement among scientists about global warming is actually an illusion that has been deliberately fostered by a relatively small but extremely well-funded cadre of special interests, including Exxon Mobil and a few other oil, coal, and utilities companies. These companies want to prevent any new policies that would interfere with their current business plans that rely on the massive unrestrained dumping of global warming pollution into the Earth's atmosphere every hour of every day.

  Al Gore

  Science, Oil, Atmosphere

  Al Gore (2006). “An Inconvenient Truth: The Planetary Emergency of Global Warming and What We Can Do About It”, p.263, Rodale

• The Himalayan Glaciers on the Tibetan Plateau have been among the most affected by global warming. The Himalayas...provide more than half of the drinking water for 40% of the world's population...Within the next half-century, that 40% of the world's people may well face a very serious drinking water shortage, unless the world acts boldly and quickly to mitigate global warming.

  Al Gore

  Drinking, People, Water

• ...the debate among the scientists if over. There is no more debate. We face a planetary emergency. There is no more scientific debate among serious people who've looked at the science...Well, I guess in some quarters, there's still a debate over whether the moon landing was staged in a movie lot in Arizona, or whether the Earth is flat instead of round.

  Al Gore

  Science, Moon, People

• The wind and the sun are free.

  Al Gore

  Wind, Energy, Sun

• We have arrived at a moment of decision. Our home - Earth - is in grave danger. What is at risk of being destroyed is not the planet itself, of course, but the conditions that have made it hospitable for human beings.

  Al Gore

  Home, Decision, Risk

  "We’ve Arrived at a Moment of Decision". www.huffingtonpost.com. January 28, 2009.

• The ten hottest years in the atmospheric record, going back only 160 years, have been in the last eleven years.

  Al Gore

  Years, Energy, Records

• ...2009 saw the eighth 'ten-year flood' of Fargo, North Dakota, since 1989. In Iowa, Cedar Rapids was hit last year by a flood that exceeded the 500-year flood plain. All-time flood records are being broken in areas throughout the world.

  Al Gore

  Years, Iowa, Weather

• As it turns out, the scientific community has been addressing this particular question for some time now and they say that increased heavy snowfalls are completely consistent with what they have been predicting as a consequence of man-made global warming.

  Al Gore

  Men, Weather, Community

  "Al Gore Explains 'Snowmageddon'" by Gene J. Koprowski, www.foxnews.com. February 03, 2011.

• Unless we act boldly and quickly to deal with the underlying causes of global warming, our world will undergo a string of terrible catastrophes.

  Al Gore

  Our World, Energy, Causes

  Al Gore (2006). “An Inconvenient Truth: The Planetary Emergency of Global Warming and What We Can Do About It”, p.10, Rodale

• The answer is to end our reliance on carbon-based fuels... If we succeed, we create booming new industries, wealth, clean secure energy and maybe we prevent the greatest disaster so far in human history, saving millions of lives while improving billions more. If we fail, basically it's business as usual while things slowly get worse all around us.

  Al Gore

  Answers, Fuel, Saving

• I doubt nuclear power will play a much larger role than it does now.

  Al Gore

  Play, Doubt, Energy

  "An interview with accidental movie star Al Gore". Interview with David Roberts, grist.org. May 10, 2006.

• When energy prices go up, the difficulty of projecting demand also goes up - uncertainty goes up.

  Al Gore

  Energy, Demand, Difficulty

• The will to act is a renewable resource.

  Al Gore

  Energy, Renewable Resources, Resources

  "Sundance: 'An Inconvenient Sequel' Debuts to Rapturous Response" by Tatiana Siegel, www.hollywoodreporter.com. January 19, 2017.

• Today I challenge our nation to commit to producing 100 percent of our electricity from renewable energy and truly clean carbon-free sources within 10 years.

  Al Gore

  Years, Challenges, Energy

  "Meet the Press" with Tom Brokaw, www.nbcnews.com. July 20, 2008.

• If you want your energy bills to go up, you should support an ever greater dependence on foreign oil, because the rate of new discoveries is declining as demand in China and India is growing, and the price of oil and thus the price of coal will go sky high.

  Al Gore

  Sky, Oil, Discovery

  "What in the Hell Do They Think Is Causing It?". Interview With John Dickerson, www.slate.com. December 8, 2009.

• Most people in politics draw energy from backslapping and shaking hands and all that. I draw energy from discussing ideas.

  Al Gore

  Hands, Ideas, People

  "Draft Gore Movement Picks Up Steam" by Bill Katovsky, www.huffingtonpost.com. October 1, 2007.

• Consider a clock thermostat, and set it so that you're not using energy when you don't need it, when you're out of your house.

  Al Gore

  House, Energy, Needs

• You can push your local communities to adopt more sustainable sources of energy and environmentally-friendly practices.

  Al Gore

  Practice, Community, Friendly

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