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Sulfur, when burning, absorbs oxygen gas; the resulting acid is considerably heavier than the sulfur burned; its weight is equal to the sum of…

— Antoine Lavoisier

Burning fossil fuels is like breaking up the furniture to feed the fireplace because it's easier than going out to the woodpile.

— Theodore Roosevelt

Burning carbon-based substances like oil, gas, and especially coal, produces billions of tons of extra carbon dioxide each year. Methane gas from cows and…

— Bill Nye

This generation has altered the composition of the atmosphere on a global scale through radioactive materials and a steady increase in carbon dioxide from…

— Lyndon B. Johnson

“Incandescent carbon particles, by the tens of millions, leap free of the log and wave like banners, as flame. Several hundred significantly different chemical…

— John McPhee

Unlike the visible and heavily regulated airborne emissions from power plant smokestacks, coal ash is largely unseen unless there is a major spill and,…

— Tatiana Schlossberg

“Biomass, which basically is a fancy-sounding name for wood, is one of the old, reliable renewables that can produce energy when it is needed.…

— Bjorn Lomborg

“diesel exhaust emitted by factories and big rigs not only damages the lungs, but also makes an excellent transport system for fungal spores, which…

— Linda Marsa

All these corporate reports say they want zero carbon. Well that is ridiculous, because you are not telling us what you are, you are…

— William McDonough

The great thing about cheap natural gas, again it's cheap, and it provides a cleaner alternative to coal. But it's still a fossil fuel,…

— Thomas Friedman

“The principal energy sources of our present industrial civilization are the so-called fossil fuels. We burn wood and oil, coal and natural gas, and,…

— Carl Sagan

Burning fossil fuels emits carbon dioxide. And carbon dioxide is a greenhouse gas that traps heat in the atmosphere. There is no debate about…

— Christine Todd Whitman