Burning fossil fuels has given us the gift of seeing ourselves in new ways. But that very gift now enables us to… — Sylvia Earle Copy Share Image
Even if we didn't have greenhouse gases, were going to have to move away from fossil fuels, as we're going to run… — Ted Turner Copy Share Image
We need to profoundly revise all of our taxes and charges. The aim is to tax pollution - notably fossil fuels -… — Nicolas Sarkozy Copy Share Image
The truth is, as most of us know, that global warming is real and humans are major contributors, mainly because we wastefully… — David Suzuki Copy Share Image
We should not only look at the short-term economic benefits of fossil fuels but also at the bad news for climate change.… — Fatih Birol Copy Share Image
There is more He-3 energy on the Moon than we have ever had in the form of fossil fuels on Earth. All… — Wilson Greatbatch Copy Share Image
The popular notion is that Americans are addicted to fossil fuels, but I find that's not true; most people would be happy… — Bill McKibben Copy Share Image
The world will soon start to run out of conventionally produced, cheap oil…. We [will] start to run out of all fossil… — David Goodstein Copy Share Image
“Here's what I think the truth is: We are all addicts of fossil fuels in a state of denial. And like so… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
Most progressive in the Democratic Party doesn't cut it, you know. If we still can't have a health care system that provides… — Jill Stein Copy Share Image
All scientists who've looked at it know we have to phase away from burning fossil fuels. That means we've got to put… — Paul R. Ehrlich Copy Share Image
The high prices also highlight the fact that the U.S. is too heavily dependent on fossil fuels that we import from unstable… — Dan Lipinski Copy Share Image
We can encourage more of our universities and municipalities, foundations, corporations, individuals and cultural institutions... to move their money out of the… — Desmond Tutu Copy Share Image
There's a lot of wishful thinking that somehow we'll replace fossil fuels with alternative energy sources, but they remain far from reality.… — James Howard Kunstler Copy Share Image
If we want to address global warming, along with the other environmental problems associated with our continued rush to burn our precious… — David Suzuki Copy Share Image
The thinning of the ozone layer is blamed on logging of tropical forests. The fact that the burning of fossil fuels and… — Mahathir Mohamad Copy Share Image
I consider myself to be a 'reducetarian.' I try to consume less and be aware of the decisions I'm making. Not just… — Miguel McKelvey Copy Share Image
Fossil fuels powered the U.S. into the industrial age and replaced windmills and wood burning, which were inefficient, as the primary sources… — Stephen Moore Copy Share Image
The biggest tab the public picks up for fossil fuels has to do with what economists call 'external costs,' like the health… — Jeff Goodell Copy Share Image
Fire made us human, fossil fuels made us modern, but now we need a new fire that makes us safe, secure, healthy… — Amory Lovins Copy Share Image
Beyond reducing individual use, one of our top priorities must be to move from fossil fuels to energy that has fewer detrimental… — David Suzuki Copy Share Image
I find it interesting that many of the people who want to restrict fossil fuels live in well-developed countries where abundant and… — Lee R. Raymond Copy Share Image
The worst thing we can do as a nation is taking the easy way out. If you start opening up offshore drilling,… — Joe Biden Copy Share Image
I oppose the construction of the Keystone XL Pipeline. It's an ill-conceived project that would lock us into further dependence on some… — Elizabeth Warren Copy Share Image
No matter how advanced our economy might be, no matter how sophisticated our equipment becomes, for the foreseeable future we will still… — George W. Bush Copy Share Image
Anyone who would tackle our current addiction to fossil fuels is going to have to maneuver around denial. — William H. Calvin Copy Share Image
As long as we're dependent on those fossil fuels, we're dependent on the Middle East. If we are not victims, we're certainly… — John M. McHugh Copy Share Image
We have to be reminded that we still live in a world that relies a lot on fossil fuels, and that transition… — Patricia Espinosa Copy Share Image
There are a lot of people doing good work, but we need to get the burning of fossil fuels off the highways… — John B. Goodenough Copy Share Image
I actually argue that renewables are worse than fossil fuels. It's a physical manifestation of lower power densities. More land, more materials,… — Michael Shellenberger Copy Share Image
It does not matter whether we burn fossil fuels with malice or with love. As far as the atmosphere is concerned, it… — George Monbiot Copy Share Image
We need an energy revolution by breaking our dependence on fossil fuels, polluting fuels... I am very, very confident our small state… — Bernie Sanders Copy Share Image
What we can be scientifically certain of is that our continued use of fossil fuels is pushing us to a point of… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
One SF prediction that I would like very much to see: Get solar collectors launched to beam energy back home, and get… — Jack McDevitt Copy Share Image
I think so long as fossil fuels are cheap, people will use them and it will postpone a movement towards new technologies. — Paul Krugman Copy Share Image
It's going to cost trillions of dollars to rework the energy sources all over the world. Were going to have to move… — Ted Turner Copy Share Image
Our wisest long-term investment is not in the dirty polluting fossil fuels from the past, but in the clean energy of the… — London Breed Copy Share Image
There is nothing efficient about destroying the planet as we know it because vested interests want to keep us addicted to fossil… — Clive Lewis Copy Share Image
We must transition away from the dirtiest fossil fuels toward renewable sources of energy for the sake of our economy and our… — Ted Wheeler Copy Share Image
When they were putting oil rigs up and down the California coast, the whole issue of safe energy and the addiction to… — Bonnie Raitt Copy Share Image