Burning Fossil Fuels Quotes

• Just as fossil fuels from conventional sources are finite and are becoming depleted, those from difficult sources will also run out. If we put all our energy and resources into continued fossil fuel extraction, we will have lost an opportunity to have invested in renewable energy.

  David Suzuki

  Running, Opportunity, Energy

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• Fire made us human, fossil fuels made us modern, but now we need a new fire that makes us safe, secure, healthy and durable.

  Amory Lovins

  Fire, Healthy, Needs

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• Since 1850, burning of fossil fuels, coal, oil and natural gas has increased 100 times to produce energy as the world has industrialized to serve the world's more than 6 billion and growing population.

  John Olver

  Oil, Energy, Population

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• I think so long as fossil fuels are cheap, people will use them and it will postpone a movement towards new technologies.

  Paul Krugman

  Technology, Thinking, Long

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• The truth is, as most of us know, that global warming is real and humans are major contributors, mainly because we wastefully burn fossil fuels.

  David Suzuki

  Real, Fossils, Global Warming

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• I find it interesting that many of the people who want to restrict fossil fuels live in well-developed countries where abundant and affordable energy is readily available.

  Lee R. Raymond

  Country, Interesting, People

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• Prayer does not use up artificial energy, doesn't burn up any fossil fuel, doesn't pollute. Neither does song, neither does love, neither does the dance.

  Margaret Mead

  Love, Dance, Song

  "Margaret Mead: A Life". Book by Jane Howard, 1984.

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• What has become clear from the science is that we cannot burn all of the fossil fuels without creating a very different planet.

  James Hansen

  Creating, Fossils, Different

  "NASA's Chief Climate Scientist Stirs Controversy With Call for Civil Disobedience" by Joshua Rhett Miller, www.foxnews.com. February 27, 2009.

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• The sooner we get started with alternative energy sources and recognize that fossil fuels makes us less secure as a nation, and more dangerous as a planet, the better off we'll be.

  Lindsey Graham

  Fossils, Energy, Alternatives

  "McCain Collects Alaskan Stories of Global Warming", www.foxnews.com. August 18, 2005.

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• There is hardly an activity that a person can think about that does not intrinsically involve energy, most of which is currently provided by fossil fuels.

  Lee R. Raymond

  Thinking, Energy, Doe

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• Yet, despite our many advances, our environment is still threatened by a range of problems, including global climate change, energy dependence on unsustainable fossil fuels, and loss of biodiversity.

  Dan Lipinski

  Loss, Energy, Climate

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• If we want to address global warming, along with the other environmental problems associated with our continued rush to burn our precious fossil fuels as quickly as possible, we must learn to use our resources more wisely, kick our addiction, and quickly start turning to sources of energy that have fewer negative impacts.

  David Suzuki

  Impact, Addiction, Environmental

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• The clear and present danger of climate change means we cannot burn our way to prosperity. We already rely too heavily on fossil fuels. We need to find a new, sustainable path to the future we want. We need a clean industrial revolution.

  Ban Ki-moon

  Mean, Climate, Needs

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• It's as certain that as long as fossil fuels are the cheapest energy, we will just keep burning them.

  James Hansen

  Long, Energy, Burning

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• I think that the world is in the middle of a huge transition that we have to make to renewable energy. We have to transition away from fossil fuels very, very quickly.

  Josh Fox

  Thinking, Energy, Transition

  "Sundance ’10 | “GASLAND” Director Josh Fox on Being a One Man Crew". www.indiewire.com. January 22, 2010.

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• It seems to me like Mother Nature's mercy and forgiveness have run dry, as we ceaselessly abuse her and take her for granted in order for us to continue our addiction to using fossil fuels. I've gotta say, I don't blame her. Not one bit.

  Gloria Reuben

  Mother, Running, Order

  "A Night in New York" by Gloria Reuben, www.huffingtonpost.com. October 13, 2010.

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• There is more He-3 energy on the Moon than we have ever had in the form of fossil fuels on Earth. All we have to do is to go there and get it.

  Wilson Greatbatch

  Moon, Energy, Earth

  Wilson Greatbatch (2000). “The Making of the Pacemaker: Celebrating a Lifesaving Invention”

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• Practically every environmental problem we have can be traced to our addiction to fossil fuels, primarily oil.

  Dennis Weaver

  Oil, Addiction, Environmental

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• I personally think that a couple of pounds a week - maybe rising to almost £3 a week - is a reasonable price for Britain to achieve a degree of energy security to reduce its total dependence on fossil fuels and to honour its commitments to cut green house gases.

  Tim Yeo

  Couple, Commitment, Cutting

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• Japan is a model already to the lie that economic growth is the key to our future. If they can really show an alternative to nukes and fossil fuels, then they will be the poster boy for the renewable energy for the future.

  David Suzuki

  Lying, Boys, Keys

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• Beyond reducing individual use, one of our top priorities must be to move from fossil fuels to energy that has fewer detrimental effects on water supplies and fewer environmental impacts overall.

  David Suzuki

  Moving, Impact, Water

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• The biggest tab the public picks up for fossil fuels has to do with what economists call 'external costs,' like the health effects of air and water pollution.

  Jeff Goodell

  Air, Water, Fossils

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• If a power station were to be built down the road, I'd prefer a nuclear plant over an oil burner, and definitely over a coal burner. We simply have to lessen our consumption of fossil fuels.

  James Lovelock

  Oil, Fuel, Fossils

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• There is an urgent need to stop subsidizing the fossil fuel industry, dramatically reduce wasted energy, and significantly shift our power supplies from oil, coal, and natural gas to wind, solar, geothermal, and other renewable energy sources.

  Bill McKibben

  Wind, Oil, Coal

  "It’s Time for Interfaith Moral Action on Climate Change" by Bill McKibben, www.huffingtonpost.com. April 9, 2012.

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• A majority of American citizens are now becoming skeptical of the claim that our carbon footprints, resulting from our use of fossil fuels, are going to lead to climatic calamities. But governments are not yet listening to the citizens.

  John Coleman

  Carbon Footprint, Government, Listening

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