Quote by Tim Murphy

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

We have known for decades that our survival depends on finding new sources of energy. Yet we import more oil today than ever before.

— Barack Obama

With only 2 percent of the world's oil reserves, oil isn't enough. This country needs an all-out, all-of-the-above strategy that develops every available source…

— Barack Obama

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

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

There is enough oil out there for world demand. It is true that a lot of what's driving oil prices up right now is…

— Barack Obama

If you ask the average person on the street about U.S. energy and U.S. oil in particular, our situation, most Americans would say, 'Oh,…

— Rex Tillerson

Well, for starters, we have to do more to create demand for new technologies that can reduce our dependence on foreign oil and environmental…

— Sherwood Boehlert

It is important that the United States move with all deliberate speed to develop and get into usage alternative fuels that will allow us…

— Virgil Goode

Today, the United States of America is less dependent on foreign oil than at any time in the last two decades.

— Barack Obama

Even as we work to develop more sources of petroleum for the United States, we must continue our vigorous pursuit of alternative fuels, so…

— Virgil Goode

Although the United States cannot unilaterally lower the price of oil, it can reduce its consumption by using oil more efficiently and by developing…

— Richard Thaler