Average Quote by David R. Brower

Today, we're very dependent on cheap energy. We just take it for granted - all the things you have in the house, the way…

— Bill Gates

We face the question whether a still higher "standard of living" is worth its cost in things natural, wild, and free.

— Aldo Leopold

We live in a society either scarred by scarcity or spoiled by luxury. We have no idea how much is enough. We don't know…

— Sharif Abdullah

For people who live in the suburbs and must commute long distances to work, their wealth will sink as energy prices rise.

— Robert Kiyosaki

On a large scale, people aren't going to cut back how much they use. That's a pipe dream. If anything, as the developing world…

— Ramez Naam

If we were all to reduce our demands for energy, it would make an enormous amount of difference.

— David Attenborough

I find that the standard of living does not go up in proportion with the cost of living. The trick in life is to…

— Warren Buffett

If the price of everything is going down, that's going to include wages as well. People will have an incentive to sit on their…

— Paul Krugman

When you increase the cost of energy, jobs go elsewhere.

— Heather Wilson

There are new things we need to do in the labor market, in education, and in thinking about the future of energy sources. As…

— Paul Romer

Every day we are paying more for energy than we should due to poor insulation, inefficient lights, appliances, and heating and cooling equipment -…

— Bernie Sanders

Only in very recent times has the average man been a source of savings.

— John Kenneth Galbraith