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> [When coal came into the picture, it took about 50 or 60 years to displace timber. Then, crude oil was found, and it took 60, 70 years, and then natural gas. So it takes 100 years or more for some…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rex-tillerson/when-coal-came-into-the-picture-it-took-about-50-or-60-years-to/)

[Rex Tillerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rex-tillerson/)

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## More by Rex Tillerson

> [By the year 2040, the world's population is likely to increase by about 2 billion people, with also projected economic output will be up…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rex-tillerson/by-the-year-2040-the-world-s-population-is-likely-to-increase-by/)

[Rex Tillerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rex-tillerson/)

> [If you ask the average person on the street about U.S. energy and U.S. oil in particular, our situation, most Americans would say, 'Oh,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rex-tillerson/if-you-ask-the-average-person-on-the-street-about-u-s-energy-and-u-s/)

[Rex Tillerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rex-tillerson/)

> [Experience tells us that a good foundation is critical for success in the Arctic and elsewhere. ExxonMobil's Sakhalin-1 project with Rosneft is an example…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rex-tillerson/experience-tells-us-that-a-good-foundation-is-critical-for-success-in/)

[Rex Tillerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rex-tillerson/)

> [There are still hundreds of millions, billions of people living in abject poverty around the world. They need electricity. They need electricity they can…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rex-tillerson/there-are-still-hundreds-of-millions-billions-of-people-living-in/)

[Rex Tillerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rex-tillerson/)

> [In conventional oil and natural gas production, you always produce a lot of formation water, and it's crummy water. It's real salty. It's got…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rex-tillerson/in-conventional-oil-and-natural-gas-production-you-always-produce-a/)

[Rex Tillerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rex-tillerson/)

> [When coal came into the picture, it took about 50 or 60 years to displace timber. Then, crude oil was found, and it took…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rex-tillerson/when-coal-came-into-the-picture-it-took-about-50-or-60-years-to/)

[Rex Tillerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rex-tillerson/)

> [Changes to weather patterns that move crop production areas around - we'll adapt to that. It's an engineering problem, and it has engineering solutions.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rex-tillerson/changes-to-weather-patterns-that-move-crop-production-areas-around-we/)

[Rex Tillerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rex-tillerson/)

> [You know, oil prices from 2007, on the strength of a very robust global economy and a very robust emerging China, many of you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rex-tillerson/you-know-oil-prices-from-2007-on-the-strength-of-a-very-robust-global/)

[Rex Tillerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rex-tillerson/)

> [Natural gas obviously brings with it a number of quality-of-life environmental benefits because it is a relatively clean-burning fuel. It has a CO2 footprint,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rex-tillerson/natural-gas-obviously-brings-with-it-a-number-of-quality-of-life/)

[Rex Tillerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rex-tillerson/)

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