Present annual world energy consumption is about equal to the annihilation energy of 4 tons of matter. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Investing in rail is an easy way to reduce congestion, cost, and energy consumption and make our producers more competitive. — Dan Lipinski Copy Share Image
“By shortening the intestines and decreasing their energy consumption, cooking inadvertently opened the way to the jumbo brains of Neanderthals and Sapiens.” — Yuval Noah Harari Copy Share Image
...President [Bush] believes that [high-energy consumption] is an American way of life, and that it should be the goal of policymakers to… — Ari Fleischer Copy Share Image
We do not fully understand the consequences of rising populations and increasing energy consumption on the interwoven fabric of atmosphere, water, land… — Martin Rees Copy Share Image
All I know about thermal pollution is that if we continue our present rate of growth in electrical energy consumption it will… — David R. Brower Copy Share Image
The planets environmental woes tend to be overlooked as we scramble for the latest high-tech gizmos - and conveniently ignore their energy… — Sheherazade Goldsmith Copy Share Image
When it comes to climate and energy, Gates is a radical consumerist. In his view, energy consumption is good - it just… — Jeff Goodell Copy Share Image
“(Take a second look at those figures – human population has increased fourteenfold, production 240-fold, and energy consumption 115-fold.)” — Yuval Noah Harari Copy Share Image
Far from being a drag on growth, making our energy sources more sustainable, our energy consumption more efficient, and our economy more… — David Cameron Copy Share Image
We have become a plague upon ourselves and upon the Earth. It is cosmically unlikely that the developed world will choose to… — David Graeber Copy Share Image
An aggressive building performance standard for all new buildings, and a set of performance requirements to be met by all buildings before… — Denis Hayes Copy Share Image
Speaking biologically, fruit in a slightly shriveled state is holding its respiration and energy consumption down to the lowest possible level. It… — Masanobu Fukuoka Copy Share Image
I think as individuals, people overrate the virtues of local food. Most of the energy consumption in our food system is not… — Tyler Cowen Copy Share Image
I cannot pursue my architecture without considering the minimization of energy consumption, simple and direct technologies, a respect for site, climate, place… — Glenn Murcutt Copy Share Image
When coal came into the picture, it took about 50 or 60 years to displace timber. Then, crude oil was found, and… — Rex Tillerson Copy Share Image
“Transition Initiatives are based on four key assumptions: 1. That life with dramatically lower energy consumption is inevitable, and that it's better… — Rob Hopkins Copy Share Image
At present, in Guizhou, Hunan and Shandong of China, the sand and stone production lines in many stone crushing sites are relatively… — Oliva Copy Share Image
James Russell offers a timely and compelling blueprint for a realistic transformation of America's energy consumption by refusing to fall victim to… — Barry Bergdoll Copy Share Image
“In the year 1500, there were about 500 million Homo sapiens in the entire world. Today, there are 7 billion.1 The total… — Yuval Noah Harari Copy Share Image
“The “food system,” according to Professor Shaw, now uses 16.5 percent of all energy used in the United States. This 16.5 percent… — Wendell Berry Copy Share Image
“These computer simulations try only to duplicate the interactions between the cortex and the thalamus. Huge chunks of the brain are therefore… — Michio Kaku Copy Share Image
“On the daytime side of Earth, the solar radiation hitting the top fo the atmosphere deposits around 1,300 watts of power per… — Caleb Scharf Copy Share Image
Is the minor convenience of allowing the present generation the luxury of doubling its energy consumption every 10 years worth the major… — David R. Brower Copy Share Image
“If we look at the rise of our own civilization over the past 100,000 years, since modern humans emerged in Africa, it… — Michio Kaku Copy Share Image
Linking financial element to energy consumption I think has a huge role if you think about a display instrument that could teach… — Dan Ariely Copy Share Image
The planet's environmental woes tend to be overlooked as we scramble for the latest high-tech gizmos - and conveniently ignore their energy… — Sheherazade Goldsmith Copy Share Image
Energy consumption has to be managed by an intelligent grid when it comes to highly populated areas. Smart-grid technologies allow for the… — Joe Kaeser Copy Share Image
I believe that the average guy in the street will give up a great deal, if he really understands the cost of… — David R. Brower Copy Share Image
A low-energy policy allows for a wide choice of life-styles and cultures. If, on the other hand, a society opts for high… — Ivan Illich Copy Share Image
As the United States chains itself down with greater debt, China is building relationships across the globe to bolster its trade, its… — Reince Priebus Copy Share Image
Better use of space, improving the insulation, getting more daylight into the buildings, reducing the energy consumption of the air conditioning and… — Ken Yeang Copy Share Image
The Texas Energy Office's Loan Star Program has reduced building energy consumption and taxpayers' energy costs through the efficient operation of public… — Rosa DeLauro Copy Share Image
Only one rational path is open to us - simultaneous de-development of the [overdeveloped countries] and semi-development of the underdeveloped countries (UDCs),… — John Holdren Copy Share Image
Why are oil prices so low? First, energy consumption growth rates in developing markets have decreased. This is particularly noticeable in China.… — Kenneth Rogoff Copy Share Image
“Suppose we would be able to build 200 Gigawatt worth of nuclear reactors each year or a total expected generation of roughly… — Mathijs Beckers Copy Share Image
“This heated (environmental) debate is fundamentally about numbers. How much energy could each source deliver, at what economic and social cost, and… — David Mackay Copy Share Image
“A few years ago, I made a serious effort to get better about turning off the lights in my house, and my… — David Owen Copy Share Image
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