Petroleum Quotes

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A century ago, petroleum - what we call oil - was just an obscure commodity; today it is almost as vital to human existence as… — James Buchan
The use of refined petroleum as fuel, which began in the 1850s, freed hundreds of millions of people from the toil of centuries, gave hundreds… — James Buchan
There are signs that the age of petroleum has passed its zenith. Adjusted for inflation, a barrel of crude oil now sells for three times… — James Buchan
Saudi Arabian oil production is at or very near its peak sustainable volume (if it did not, in fact peak almost 25 years ago), and… — Matthew Simmons
Under the rule of the "free market" ideology, we have gone through two decades of an energy crisis without an effective energy policy. Because of… — Wendell Berry
It is sunlight in modified form which turns all the windmills and water wheels and the machinery which they drive. It is the energy derived… — John Harvey Kellogg
A key impact of recent events was a very persistent, if not permanent shock in the oil supply. This was caused as the oil industry… — Michael Kumhof
A significant number of petroleum geologists believe that we will reach the global maximum of petroleum extraction within this decade or that we have already… — William J. Clinton
William James describes a man who got the experience from laughing-gas; whenever he was under its influence, he knew the secret of the universe, but… — Bertrand Russell
I am convinced that Nigeria would have been a more highly developed country without the oil. I wished we'd never smelled the fumes of petroleum. — Wole Soyinka
What's going to happen is, very soon, we're going to run out of petroleum, and everything depends on petroleum. And there go the school buses.… — Kurt Vonnegut
The American Petroleum Institute filed suit against the EPA [and] charged that the agency was suppressing a scientific study for fear it might be misinterpreted...… — Ronald Reagan
To cause the face to appear in a mass of flame make use of the following: mix together thoroughly petroleum, lard, mutton tallow and quick… — Harry Houdini
There are many disturbing news. We believe that the production of conventional petroleum reached peak oil already in 2006. The oil fields in the North… — Fatih Birol
Nobody gets beyond a petroleum economy. Not while there's petroleum there. — Dan Simmons
The suggestion that petroleum might have arisen from some transformation of squashed fish or biological detritus is surely the silliest notion to have been entertained… — Fred Hoyle
In my opinion, if there is one extremely legitimate use for petroleum besides running wood chippers and front-end loaders to handle compost, it's making plastic… — Joel Salatin
The world has produced about 1 trillion barrels of oil since the start of the industry in the nineteenth century. Currently, it is thought that… — Daniel Yergin
Renewable biofuels are meanwhile making inroads in the transportation fuels market and are beginning to have a measurable impact on demand for petroleum fuels, contributing… — Christopher Flavin
...the era of cheap oil and natural gas is coming to a crashing end, with global oil production projected to peak in 2010 and North… — Richard Heinberg

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