Our president's latest energy initiative was to go to Saudi Arabia and beg King Abdullah to give us a little relief on… — Thomas Friedman Copy Share Image
I have no problem with a war for oil-if we accompany it with a real program for energy conservation. But when we… — Thomas Friedman Copy Share Image
Supply chains cannot tolerate even 24 hours of disruption. So if you lose your place in the supply chain because of wild… — Thomas Friedman Copy Share Image
Oil is a tangible commodity, so there is a global market. The fact that we may need less may affect the global… — Thomas Friedman Copy Share Image
To me the smart thing that governments in the Middle East would be doing right now is taking their oil and gas… — Thomas Friedman Copy Share Image
What is the most entrepreneurial country in the Middle East today? It's Lebanon. Which country has no oil or gas? Lebanon. The… — Thomas Friedman Copy Share Image
I think that competition will exist even if we discover more oil. We're never going to know how much we have, or… — Thomas Friedman Copy Share Image
Natural gas emits only half the carbon dioxide of coal when burned, but if methane leaks when oil companies extract it from… — Thomas Friedman Copy Share Image
Even if America tomorrow - and it won't happen overnight - but if we did reduce our demand for gas and natural… — Thomas Friedman Copy Share Image
I'm pretty much an open book. I am a fanatic golfer and golf nut. If I have three free hours any day, my first… — Thomas Friedman Copy Share Image
The financial crisis just made the hole deeper, which is why our stimulus needs to be both big and smart, both financially and educationally… — Thomas Friedman Copy Share Image
Many jobs at Google require math, computing, and coding skills, so if your good grades truly reflect skills in those areas that you can… — Thomas Friedman Copy Share Image
Never before in the history of the planet have so many people, on their own, had the ability to find so much information about… — Thomas Friedman Copy Share Image
When I was growing up, my parents told me, 'Finish your dinner. People in China and India are starving.' I tell my daughters, 'Finish… — Thomas Friedman Copy Share Image
Hillary Clinton has decided to line up with John McCain in pushing to suspend the federal excise tax on gasoline, 18.4 cents a gallon,… — Thomas Friedman Copy Share Image
Two things are going on at the same time with the flattening of the world: The relentless quest for efficiency is squeezing some of… — Thomas Friedman Copy Share Image
Our president's latest energy initiative was to go to Saudi Arabia and beg King Abdullah to give us a little relief on gasoline prices.… — Thomas Friedman Copy Share Image
I don't think the Arab Spring had much to do with energy. I think it was just the opposite, in fact. I think the… — Thomas Friedman Copy Share Image
Until we fully understand what turned two brothers who allegedly perpetrated the Boston Marathon bombings into murderers, it is hard to make any policy… — Thomas Friedman Copy Share Image
Geopolitics is all about leverage. We cannot make ourselves safer abroad unless we change our behavior at home. — Thomas Friedman Copy Share Image
Big breakthroughs happen when what is suddenly possible meets what is desperately needed — Thomas Friedman Copy Share Image
