American Quote by Vaclav Smil

The US economy, because it's so energy wasteful, is much less efficient than either the European or Japanese economies. It takes us twice as…

— Hazel Henderson

The problem is not that America does not have energy. The problem is that our government - alone among the governments of the world…

— Jim Talent

Energy consumption matters both to our environment and our economy.

— John Baldacci

Two problems of our country - energy and malaise.

— Jimmy Carter

We waste an awful lot of energy as a Nation through inefficient use of energy.

— Chris Van Hollen

The problem for the U.S. is that the economy is growing faster than the rest of the world, and, therefore, our demand for imports…

— John Williams

The US spends more on energy R&D than all other countries put together, and I personally consider it quite inadequate.

— Bill Gates

A very high fraction of America's economic problems come not from our difficulties with education or globalization or competition with the Chinese or whatever.…

— Charles Ferguson

The constant influx of new cultures, new ideas and new ways of looking at old problems is a big part of the reason why…

— Gary Locke

The problem is not the oil, but what they do with the oil. The United States is the biggest spender of oil and of…

— Hugo Chavez

Few economic problems, if any, are difficult of solution. The difficulty, all but invariably, is in confronting them. We know what needs to be…

— John Kenneth Galbraith

To shift America (and the world) to a cleaner energy economy, millions of people will have to go to work in new industries. This…

— Van Jones