Energy Quote by David Christian

Since 1850, burning of fossil fuels, coal, oil and natural gas has increased 100 times to produce energy as the world has industrialized to…

— John Olver

The greatest advancements in living standards over the past century have been coincident with affordable energy.

— John S. Watson

“This means that for the past thirty years, we have been wasting 86 percent of the energy we use in the production of goods…

— Jeremy Rifkin

“At heart, the Industrial Revolution has been a revolution in energy conversion. It has demonstrated again and again that there is no limit to…

— Yuval Noah Harari

The history of man is dominated by, and reflects, the amount of available energy

— Frederick Soddy

Yet since the 1950s, little has been done to prepare for our country's current or future energy needs.

— Anonymous

It is evident that the fortunes of the world's human population, for better or for worse, are inextricably interrelated with the use that is…

— M. King Hubbert

“At heart, the Industrial Revolution has been a revolution in energy conversion. It has demonstrated again and again that there is no limit to…

— Yuval Noah Harari

“A few years ago, I made a serious effort to get better about turning off the lights in my house, and my wife’s and…

— David Owen

People say we're running out of energy. That's only true if we stick with these old 19th century technologies. We are awash in energy…

— Ray Kurzweil

“If we look at the rise of our own civilization over the past 100,000 years, since modern humans emerged in Africa, it can be…

— Michio Kaku

The more energy-efficient we become as a nation, the less we need to develop additional energy sources.

— Lamar S. Smith