Quotes

~ Relevant quotes that make me smile (or cry) ~

"First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win." -- Gandhi

“No company wants to be first to open the door to a future that portends a radical reshaping of the industry. Better to squeeze every last dollar out of the unchallenged petroleum-swallowing internal combustion engine.” -- Marc Geller, 2007 at plugsandcars.blogspot.com

"Help retool the U.S. automotive fleet on an accelerated basis, replacing gas-guzzling vehicles with new FFVs, hybrids and plug-in hybrids. Do it not just out of self-interest. Do it for your country." -- Frank Gaffney, January 16, 2007 on military.com

"Petroleum refining is the number one consumer of energy in California's manufacturing sector. In 1997, the industry consumed 7,266 million KWh of electricity and 1,061 million Therms of natural gas. This consumption amounted to 15 and 28 percent of the state's total manufacturing sector's electrical and natural gas consumption respectively." -- California Energy Commission (Link)

"There seems to be a general impression that for passenger transportation in and around our cities, the electric automobile is the best. It has the great advantage of being silent, free from odor, simple in construction and gearing, capable of ready control, and having a considerable range of speed." -- Scientific America, August 1899

"Let this be our national goal: At the end of this decade, in the year 1980, the United States will not be dependent on any other country for the energy we need to provide our jobs, to heat our homes, and to keep our transportation moving." President Richard Nixon, Jan 30, 1974.

"If you're one of those people who puts solar panels on your house or drives a battery powered car, you might as well vote for Gore" -- Dick Cheney, Oct 3, 2000.

"Conservation may be a sign of personal virtue, but it is not a sufficient basis for a sound, comprehensive energy policy." -- Dick Cheney, 2001.

“We need an energy bill that encourages consumption.” -- George W. Bush in Trenton, New Jersey 9.23.2002

"It does not require a majority to prevail, but rather an irate, tireless minority keen to set brush fires in people's minds" -- Samuel Adams

"Whenever you find you are on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect." -- Mark Twain

"I have no doubt that we will be successful in harnessing the sun's energy.... If sunbeams were weapons of war, we would have had solar energy centuries ago." -- Sir George Porter, August 26, 1973.

"The use of solar energy has not been opened up because the oil industry does not own the sun." -- Ralph Nader, 1980.

"Be the change you wish to see in the world." -- Gandhi

"We all live downwind." -- bumper sticker

"In the long run, Good Environmentalism = Good Conservation = Good Economics. It just isn't as glamorous as conspicuous consumption." -- Clint Kennedy, 2005 (who for the second year in a row is handing PG&E $1000+ in energy credits generated by his roof-mounted PV array),

"The world we have created today as a result of our thinking thus far has problems which cannot be solved by thinking the way we thought when we created them." -- Albert Einstein

"We've got to pause and ask ourselves: How much clean air do we need ?"--Lee Iacocca

"The perfect is the enemy of the good" -- Anonymous.

"A beer is finally cheaper than a gallon of gasoline. Drink, don't drive." -- T-shirt that my sister gave me.

"I'd put my money on solar energy... I hope we don't have to wait till oil and coal run out before we tackle that." -- Thomas Edison, March 1931, in a conversation with Henry Ford and Harvey Firestone.

“One of the differences between my EV and your gasoline car is that I cannot pour carcinogenic, non-renewable, polluting, terrorist-funded, flammable liquid into my car’s onboard tank." -- Darell Dickey, December, 2006

"someone who drives a Hummer doesn’t suffer the effects of pollution and global warming any more than someone driving a Prius does, and isn’t charged more for the extra environmental damage." -- James Surowiecki, July, 2007, The New Yorker

"If you're going to drive a Hummer and buy carbon offsets, that's like getting drunk every night and getting into an AA meeting, throwing money in the basket, and leaving." -- Ed Begley Jr., 2007

"The laws of physics can't be changed by research projects, votes of parliament, presidential initiatives, capital investments... The hydrogen economy has no past, present or future." - Dr. ULF BOSSEL, 2007, European Fuel Cell Forum.

"You know what's stupid? Everything I don't understand." - The Onion, Feb 27, 2008

"Efficiency is the new productivity. Buy less, use less, spend less, and yes, earn less, and have a better life as a result, plus a planet to pass on to your kids." - Unknown, April, 2008

"The United States was capable of only two approaches to its energy policy: 'complacency or crisis.' - James Schlesinger, the nation's first energy secretary.

"Maximize demand, minimize supply and buy the rest from the people who hate us the most." - Peter Schwartz of Global Business Network describing the true American energy policy today.

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