Economic system Quote by Douglas Tompkins

Resource efficiency - it's about only taking what we need

— Hilary Benn

Resource-rich nations should not ignore efficiency simply because energy is abundant.

— Khalid A. Al-Falih

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

We assume that everything's becoming more efficient, and in an immediate sense that's true; our lives are better in many ways. But that improvement…

— Paul Hawken

“Paradox...Rich in natural resources but poor in the quality of our human resource”

— Fela Durotoye

Efficiency is doing things right; effectiveness is doing the right things.

— Peter Drucker

Energy-saving technologies keep improving faster than they're applied, so efficiency is an ever larger and cheaper resource.

— Amory Lovins

Efficiency, which is doing things right, is irrelevant until you work on the right things.

— Peter Drucker

The general proposition is that the resources that will be utilized are the ones that contribute most to the overall efficiency of the production…

— Marvin Harris

Efficiency is anything that scores.

— Bruce Lee

Our economic system treats environmental degradation as an externalitya cost that does not enter into the conventional arithmetic that determines how we use our…

— Barry Commoner

Efficiency is doing better what is already being done.

— Peter Drucker