The use of plant oil as fuel may seem insignificant today…

If only I had some grease I could fix some kind of a light," Ma considered. "We didn't lack for light when I was…

— Laura Ingalls Wilder

If Europe’s example is any guide, here are the two secrets of coping with expensive oil: own fuel-efficient cars, and don’t drive them too…

— Paul Krugman

The fact that we're spending $700 billion a year on oil is actually a good thing; it means we have the prosperity to do…

— Rush Limbaugh

We need stable regimes in this part of the world [the Mideast] who will be partners and friends of ours, because the fact of…

— Colin Powell

We’re making new investments in the development of gasoline and diesel and jet fuel that’s actually made from a plant-like substance-algae... We could replace…

— Barack Obama

If you're using first-class land for biofuels, then you're competing with the growing of food. And so you're actually spiking food prices by moving…

— Bill Gates

We're gonna be using American produced, American energy that will create jobs in the United States, will create a far more secure source of…

— Ray Mabus

The first victims of poseur environmentalism will always be developing countries. In order for you to put biofuel in your Prius and feel good…

— Mark Steyn

As both a former governor and a Naval officer I can tell you energy security remains among biofuels' most important benefits.

— Matt Blunt

Today much of anti-biofuel "science" - including the false claim that biofuels need more energy to make than they contain - has been shown…

— Josh Tickell

I strongly agree with Vice President Gore that we cannot drill our way to energy independence, but must fast-track investments in renewable sources of…

— Barack Obama

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

— Vinod Khosla

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

It's obviously tricky to convert cellulose to a useful biofuel. I think actually the most efficient way to use cellulose is to burn it…

— Elon Musk

The world is hung up on food-based biofuels. Not only are they the wrong thing, they're the uneconomic thing.

— Vinod Khosla