Able Quote by James Howard Kunstler

The reality is that our economy now consists of driving 250 million vehicles around the suburbs and malls and eating fried chicken. We don't…

— Joe Bageant

All of the easy oil is gone and what's left is requiring more energy and money and this has an effect on everything. Our…

— Richard Heinberg

But It doesn't make sense for us to have a continued reliance on a supply of oil where whenever there is unrest in another…

— Tom Vilsack

There is not going to be a "hydrogen economy," and no combination of alternative energy systems or fuels will allow us to continue the…

— James Howard Kunstler

We're going to have shortages and prices are going to go up. Gasoline is going to be extremely tight for us.

— T. Boone Pickens

Alternatives to oil are coming up. In the long run, it is not going to be as bleak as people are predicting but surely…

— Rakesh Jhunjhunwala

Oil runs America and it's the sad reality.

— Cristian Machado

We've got to get off oil. And it's possible. It'll take a dramatic shift in the way we think and how our infrastructure works,…

— Reid Scott

America is like one of those old-fashioned six-cylinder truck engines that can be missing two sparkplugs and have a broken flywheel and have a…

— Thomas McGuane

“America experienced its first oil shock. Within days of the cutoff, oil prices rose from $2.90 to $11.65 a barrel; gasoline prices soared from…

— Albert Marrin

Right now too much American time and resources are spent dealing with situations caused by our dependence on oil that we import from unstable…

— Dan Lipinski

I am not proposing that we bring our oil and auto industries to a screeching halt. There is still time to begin a series…

— Stewart Udall