Appropriate Quote by Andrew Simms

Offshore oil and gas has proven to be a vital strategic resource for the United Kingdom. Not only has it contributed to Britain's energy…

— Ed Davey

We've subsidized oil companies for a century. That's long enough. It's time to end the taxpayer giveaways to an industry that rarely has been…

— Barack Obama

We need to profoundly revise all of our taxes and charges. The aim is to tax pollution - notably fossil fuels - more, and…

— Nicolas Sarkozy

We promote new fossil fuel infrastructure, from airport expansion and coal mines in the U.K. to oil pipelines in the U.S. Investments are meant…

— Caroline Lucas

We need to reduce our dependence on foreign oil by ending the subsidies for oil companies, and doubling down on clean energy that generates…

— Barack Obama

The U.K. is already disadvantaged on the wholesale cost of energy, and then it puts taxes on it. Anybody who's an energy user is…

— Jim Ratcliffe

Our wisest long-term investment is not in the dirty polluting fossil fuels from the past, but in the clean energy of the future.

— London Breed

We must transition away from the dirtiest fossil fuels toward renewable sources of energy for the sake of our economy and our planet.

— Ted Wheeler

I suggested that countries with tighter finances think about such a [fuel] tax. We don't have the time at the moment for months of…

— Wolfgang Schauble

Even if I had money to invest I wouldn't invest it in oil companies - - or their bankers, suppliers, customers ... really that…

— Charles Eisenstein

We should not just consume hydrocarbon fuel but use it to develop nuclear energy, hydro power and renewable energy sources.

— Vladimir Putin

I don't see a groundswell of people willing to raise gas taxes right now. That leaves fuel economy standards as the only effective tool…

— Sherwood Boehlert