Air Quote by John Olver

About 60 percent of the oil consumed daily by Americans is used for transportation, and about 45 percent is used for passenger cars and light trucks.

— Sherwood Boehlert

The U.S. uses most of its oil for transportation. We can limit U.S. demand for oil by requiring automakers to use the technology that…

— Sherwood Boehlert

In 1973, America imported 30 percent of its crude oil needs. Today, that number has doubled to more than 60 percent. Gas prices are…

— Gary Miller

There isn't enough renewable fuel in the world to crack our growing addiction to foreign oil. We need to decrease miles driven and increase…

— Kevin de Leon

We don't need a fuel that's cleaner, we need a fuel that happens to be cleaner, but is half the price of oil.

— Vinod Khosla

Over the last two decades, America has increased its demand for oil by nearly 30 percent, yet we have not expanded our ability to…

— Tim Murphy

I think using waste oils as fuel makes sense. We do waste a huge amount of vegetable oil in this country and using that…

— Michael Pollan

The real problem is that we use too much oil. It's that simple and that difficult. If we truly want to reduce our vulnerability…

— Richard Heinberg

We consume about 25 percent of the world's oil every year, but we only have reserves, including that which has not been pumped, of…

— Jay Inslee

We aren't addicted to oil, but our cars are.

— Anonymous

We consume about 25 percent of the world's oil. We only have 2 percent of the reserves.

— Barack Obama

I basically don't think that the way we do things is that dependent on one resource, such as oil. There can be different kinds…

— Jane Jacobs