Fuel Quotes - Page 8

• The scientists who do climate research understand that much of the ever increasing concentration of CO2 in the atmosphere since 1850 must be attributed to burning those fossil fuels to produce the energy that drives industrialization.

  John Olver

  Atmosphere, Energy, Climate

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• There is a reason it is called fossil fuel-it is an outdated method of getting power.

  Alexandra Paul

  Fossils, Reason, Method

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• Just as with cars, it's critical to know the fuel efficiency of black holes.

  Steve Allen

  Car, Black, Efficiency

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• Love's a fire that needs renewal Of fresh beauty for its fuel.

  Thomas Campbell

  Love, Fire, Needs

  Thomas Campbell (1837). “The Poetical Works of Thomas Campbell”, p.226

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• Action cures fear. Indecision, postponement, on the other hand, fuel fear.

  David J. Schwartz

  Motivational, Hands, Action

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• I like the analogy that the way that we live in Western Society, the energy that we consume in the form of fossil fuels, is the energy equivalent in pre-fossil fuel terms of having 500 slaves.

  John Lindsay

  Way, Fossils, Energy

  Source: williamlittlesociology.wordpress.com

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• There's something about the awareness of the limits that makes you tune in more to your surroundings and I've experienced a lot of pleasure or even joy in working with those alternatives and also it's made me so much more aware of just how much work we can make those sources of supply do for us, whether it's electricity or fossil fuels.

  John Lindsay

  Joy, Tunes, Alternatives

  Source: williamlittlesociology.wordpress.com

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• Technology tends to fuel the imagination. People with a technological bent can get excited by sometimes the most hazardous technologies, if they think they can harness them safely.

  John Lindsay

  Technology, Thinking, People

  Source: williamlittlesociology.wordpress.com

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• We don't need a fuel that's cleaner, we need a fuel that happens to be cleaner, but is half the price of oil.

  Vinod Khosla

  Oil, Needs, Half

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• I believe cellulosic fuels, biofuels made from nonfood crops are the only solution that will make a difference.

  Vinod Khosla

  Believe, Differences, Making A Difference

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• 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.

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• I think you should be into whatever your kids care about, and fuel that desire. That's good parenting.

  Jeremy Coon

  Kids, Thinking, Desire

  Source: www.indiewire.com

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• Small business in America is what fuels the American economy. We need more small business to assist us in creating a great nation and in creating more jobs. It's this frontier that is endless in terms of opportunity and potential.

  Debbi Fields

  Jobs, Opportunity, Creating

  "Debbi Fields Talks The Importance Of Persistence And Staying Present In ORIGIN Magazine". Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.huffingtonpost.com. October 27, 2013.

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• So many people are on the front lines of this fossil fuel frenzy. It is infused with a sense of urgency.

  Avi Lewis

  People, Fossils, Lines

  Source: www.indiewire.com

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• The production of fuel from basic food commodities is, in fact, unjustifiable.

  Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva

  Facts, Commodity, Productions

  Source: www.spiegel.de

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• The inner master, when confronted with an obstacle, uses it as fuel, like a fire which consumes things that are thrown into it. A small lamp would be snuffed out, but a big fire will engulf what is thrown at it and burn hotter; it consumes the obstacle and uses it to reach a higher level.

  Marcus Aurelius

  Fire, Use, Levels

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• I appear as a skeptic, who believes that doubt is the great engine, the great fuel of all inquiry, all discovery and all innovation.

  Christopher Hitchens

  Believe, Discovery, Innovation

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• You've got two choices: you could either complain about it, or use it as fuel to make you a better person.

  Brent Smith

  Two, Choices, Complaining

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• People are not running to build coal facilities because of the price of natural gas, but we do see them being constructed, and there is an interest in fuel diversity, so we took the exercise pretty seriously.

  Gina McCarthy

  Running, Exercise, People

  Source: www.motherjones.com

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• Natural gas is a bridge fuel. But it's not a bridge - it's a gangplank. It's either a bridge in space or a bridge in time. The bridge in time we don't need. We have renewable technology right now.

  Josh Fox

  Technology, Bridges, Space

  "Gasland Part II": The Fracking Empire Strikes Back". Interview with Brett Brownell, www.motherjones.com. July 8, 2013.

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• You're also looking at a global warming solution here in Europe: smaller vehicles, more energy efficient, many which use diesel fuel which is more efficient. And the price of gas here is $6 a gallon to discourage guzzling. A lot of big ideas and innovations coming out of Europe.

  Chris Cuomo

  Europe, Ideas, Innovation

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• You fuel your life with trust and love instead of fear and doubt.

  Jon Gordon

  Doubt, And Love, Love And Trust

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• I'm sure the gasoline companies would love to keep their 100 percent monopoly on transportation fuel.

  Chris Paine

  Gasoline, Monopoly, Transportation

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• Oil companies earned a permanent enemy in me when they messed with the electric car the first time around, and I think they continue to do a disservice in making it seem like fossil fuels are cheaper than they really are in terms of total cost.

  Chris Paine

  Thinking, Oil, Car

  Source: www.motherjones.com

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• All scientists who've looked at it know we have to phase away from burning fossil fuels. That means we've got to put a lot of effort into alternate energy technologies, but we're still subsidizing fossil fuels and not subsidizing most of the alternatives. It's not going to be an easy transition.

  Paul R. Ehrlich

  Mean, Technology, Effort

  "Q&A: Paul Ehrlich". Interview with Jesse Finfrock, www.motherjones.com. 2008.

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