Jimmy Carter Quotes

Every act of energy conservation... is more than just common sense: I tell you it is an act of patriotism.

Clearly, we need to have the very best advice and counsel on what actions can be taken to help lower the cost of gasoline.

Automobile efficiency is the ballgame of energy security of the country.

The consumption of petroleum should be conserved. We need to adopt some austerity measures. The people should cooperate with us.

As the price of gas goes up, people will become more conscience of how much they use.

Fuel conservation is a necessity, and I have to be the first person to set the example.

Common sense solutions to lowering your gasoline bills can go far. Carpooling, taking fewer or shorter road trips, and ensuring that your tires are fully inflated can all help stop the pinch at the pump.

Fuel conservation is as important as fuel production.

Saving petrol is saving India's money. This is a sense of patriotism. The country can be energy-independent by energy conservation. I appeal to the other ministers also to do this.

I have a driver's licence, but the truth is that I hardly ever drive. I prefer to get around by taxi.

The amount of energy saved by switching off the phone charger is exactly the same as the energy used by driving an average car for one second.

We need a number of solutions - we need more efficiency and conservation. Efficiency is a big one. I think car companies need to do a lot better in producing more efficient cars. They have the technology, we just need to demand them as consumers.

Al Gore, the former vice-president of the United States, lives in a mansion that uses more electricity than the average family's bungalow! David Suzuki rides on a bus that uses more fuel than a Smart car to get across Canada! Oh my God! And this is just the tip of the vanishing iceberg!

Just because you put higher-octane gasoline in your car doesn't mean you can break the speed limit. The speed limit's still 65.

There are things we can all do to help, including carpooling and traveling only when necessary, in order to save gas during this time. However, there is also something more important which we can all do: buy only the gas which you need.

When people switch to car-sharing from car ownership, they reduce their vehicle miles traveled by 44 percent, and thus their greenhouse gas emissions go down by, like, 40 percent.

The Minister of Transport issued this appeal to motorists: Can anyone give him a lift to Leicester?

I don't run a car, have never run a car. I could say that this is because I have this extremely tender environmentalist conscience, but the fact is I hate driving.

Honestly, the average American spends about 52 minutes a day in commute traffic. And as much as I love driving my car and many people like driving their car, commuting has never been fun for me.

A car is a 2,000 pound projectile that can go 100 miles an hour.

All I was doing was trying to get home from work.

Carpooling is important for urban density, air pollution and other reasons, but carpooling is not the kind of thing that actually changes the energy equation.

If all the cars in the United States were placed end to end, it would probably be Labor Day Weekend.

I'm not gonna ride home in the car. I'll wait for Randy. I think I'll get home quicker.

Energy patriotism" ... We could all stick it to [Iraqi President] Saddam Hussein today if we all drove 55 miles an hour around our Capital Beltway.