Like the UAE, we have been thinking of the time after…

Probably no single event highlights the strength of Campbell's argument (on peak oil) better than the rapid development of the Alberta tar sands. Bitumen,…

— Andrew Nikiforuk

In organic chemistry, we have learnt to derive from compounds containing only carbon and hydrogen, i.e. from the hydrocarbons, all other types of combinations,…

— Otto Wallach

I would like to draw attention to the fact that we have gone from pure trade [with China] in traditional goods [energy resources, such…

— Vladimir Putin

If you really could take the CO2, when you burn hydrocarbons - coal, for example - if you could really capture the carbon and…

— Bill Gates

One can, then, conceive the production, by purely mineral means, of all natural hydrocarbons. The intervention of heat, of water, and of alkaline metals…

— Marcellin Berthelot

CO2 from air can replace petroleum: it can produce plastics and acetate, it can produce carbon fibers that replace metals and clean hydrocarbons, such…

— Graciela Chichilnisky

As I holed up in the City of Angels, I was also aware of a comforting feeling of anonymity. In the world's biggest third-class…

— John D. MacDonald

Bolivia is a striking example. The mostly white, Europeanized elite, which is a minority, happens to be sitting on most of the hydrocarbon reserves.…

— Noam Chomsky

Do these fuels result always and necessarily in one way from the decomposition of a pre-existing organic substance? Is it thus with the hydrocarbons…

— Marcellin Berthelot

Research data on climate change do not show that human use of hydrocarbons is harmful. To the contrary, there is good evidence that increased…

— Frederick Seitz

I believe the state needs to control hydrocarbons.

— Enrique Pena Nieto

Note even Jonathan Swift would dare to write a satire in which politicians argued that - in a world where species are vanishing and…

— Matt Ridley

Enlightened self-interest from those involved in hydrocarbons should lead to the support of technologies enabling the clean use of hydrocarbons, such as carbon capture…

— Nicholas Stern

Oil production, energy production are growing, though the latter has gone down by about 1 percent here, I believe... By the way, we occupy…

— Vladimir Putin

I would point out that if you're a believer in the Bible, one would have to say the Great Flood is an example of…

— Joe Barton