Department Quote by Robert Orben

I believe God knew what he was doing when he put oil under our ground. It should be a means to an end.

— Olusegun Obasanjo

We couldn't outspend the fossil fuel industry - they have more money than God.

— Bill McKibben

If America leads a blessed life, then why did God put all of our oil under people who hate us?

— Jon Stewart

God is not going to send us a bill for solar energy, but the gas industry will.

— Joy Baluch

The economists all think that if you show up at the cashier's cage with enough currency, God will put more oil in ground,

— Kenneth S. Deffeyes

The good Lord put oil and gas there for us to find and use, and we'd better do it.

— Red Adair

The good Lord didn't see fit to put oil and gas only where there are democratically elected regimes friendly to the United States. Occasionally…

— Dick Cheney

Instead of begging OPEC to drop its oil prices, lets use American leadership and ingenuity to solve our own energy problems.

— Pete Domenici

We need to reduce our dependence on foreign oil by ending the subsidies for oil companies, and doubling down on clean energy that generates…

— Barack Obama

Instead of begging OPEC to drop its oil prices, let's use American leadership and ingenuity to solve our own energy problems.

— Pete Domenici

We don't have to suppose we need oil, or governments, or anything.

— Bill Mollison

We must proceed with our own energy development. Exploitation of domestic petroleum and natural gas potentialities, along with nuclear, solar, geothermal, and non-fossil fuels…

— Gerald R. Ford