Coal Quotes

411 Coal quotes by 314 unique authors

But Big Oil and Big Coal have always been as skilled at propaganda as they are at mining and drilling. Like the tobacco industry before… — Jeff Goodell
From the industry's point of view, the problem is not that coal companies blast the top off mountains, turning the area into a moonscape and… — Jeff Goodell
Coal is our most abundant fossil fuel. (GE's) development efforts are to just end up making the plants more competitive on an economic basis by… — Bill Vaughan
Money never seems to be interested in strengthening regulatory agencies, for example, but always in subverting them, in making them miss the danger signs in… — Thomas Frank
If 98 out of 100 doctors tell me I've got a problem, I should take their advice. And if those two other doctors get paid… — Al Franken
Jealousy is cruel as the grave: the coals thereof are coals of fire. — Solomon Ibn Gabirol
People always fear change. People feared electricity when it was invented, didn't they? People feared coal, they feared gas-powered engines... There will always be ignorance,… — Bill Gates
If you want your energy bills to go up, you should support an ever greater dependence on foreign oil, because the rate of new discoveries… — Al Gore
Diamonds are nothing more than chunks of coal that stuck to their jobs. — Malcolm Forbes
I wanted to be a forest ranger or a coal man. At a very early age, I knew I didn't want to do what my… — Harrison Ford
The trains carrying coal to power plants are death trains. Coal-fired power plants are factories of death. — James Hansen
Here in the United States, we have between 250 and 300 years of a coal supply. That is more than the amount of recoverable oil… — Tim Holden
Another method of eating burning coals employs small balls of burned cotton in a dish of burning alcohol. — Harry Houdini
Fertile soil, level plains, easy passage across the mountains, coal, iron, and other metals imbedded in the rocks, and a stimulating climate, all shower their… — Ellsworth Huntington
The secret to it all is just to enjoy what you're doing. This is not working at the coal face, this is not sweeping behind… — LL Cool J
Everybody wants clean, safe energy. Some people think nuclear is the way to go. Some people think coal is the way to go. Some people… — Penn Jillette
Not all the coal that is dug warms the world. — Mother Jones
Oh yeah, I would have been a coal miner, I would think, if I hadn't had tuberculosis when I was 12. — Tom Jones
Electric cars are coal-powered cars. Their carbon emissions can be worse than gasoline-powered cars. — Vinod Khosla
Coal mining is tough. Acting is just tedious. — Johnny Knoxville
Money often determines not only who gets elected, but what gets done. Which voices do lawmakers listen to, the banks or home owners, coal companies,… — Madeleine M. Kunin
Scatter soaked hardwood chunks over your coals for a quick and easy way to add a smoky nuance to your grilled foods. — Emeril Lagasse
Love is like a friendship caught on fire. In the beginning a flame, very pretty, often hot and fierce, but still only light and flickering.… — Bruce Lee
One pound of uranium is worth about 3 million pounds worth of coal or oil. — James Lovelock
If a power station were to be built down the road, I'd prefer a nuclear plant over an oil burner, and definitely over a coal… — James Lovelock

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