Jeff Bingaman Quotes

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

None of us wants to pay more at the pump.

I do not believe it is appropriate or in the best interest of Kentucky to recommend policies that would move Kentucky from low-cost energy options to high-cost energy options.

And I'm asking you for your good and for your nation's security to take no unnecessary trips, to use carpools or public transportation whenever you can, to park your car one extra day per week, to obey the speed limit, and to set your thermostats to save fuel. Every act of energy conservation like this is more than just common sense-I tell you it is an act of patriotism.

Nothing panics politicians like $4 a gallon gas.

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

I'm not particularly impressed with going 50 miles per gallon. That doesn't impress me when we can go to the moon.

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

I think the best thing I can hope to achieve is to educate, or make aware, as many people as possible on how the little things they do every day really do affect our environment, and how easy it is to fix some of those things.

When it comes to energy, cost isn't everything - but it's a lot. Everybody wants cheap power.

Energy is so important. If you don't have it, don't bother with rock and roll.

One of the industries we follow very closely is the trucking industry. They would love if today there was an option for them to run their fleets on natural gas, because of the price disparity between oil and refined diesel - which they almost exclusively run on now - and natural gas.

We as a nation have no choice but to conserve fuel to the best of our abilities or be prepared for harsh measures like steep price increase, if the need so arises.

I'm using more energy than ever.

Unlike fuel-economy standards, the most common method of reducing demand for oil over the past thirty years, a gas tax doesn't tell people what kind of car to drive. It simply raises the price of gasoline and lets people adjust their behavior accordingly.

The gas tax has been the backbone of the transportation system since the inception of the Interstate highway system in the 1950s.

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

Energy is the issue I care most about.

Now, if you're Al Gore, you can afford $10 a pop for squiggly-pig-tailed fluorescent light bulbs. But if you're mainstream America, two or three kids, mom and dad working outside the home, that's not a very good deal.

Natural gas is the best transportation fuel. It's better than gasoline or diesel. It's cleaner, it's cheaper, and it's domestic. Natural gas is 97 percent domestic fuel, North America.

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

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

Many markets work best with little or no outside interference. But others - especially those subject to big 'externalities' - need a helping hand.

At the end of the 1990s, we decided we should invest our best efforts to work in a sustainable way with the ingredients that the Amazon produces.

One of the best things that came out of the Carter administration was the energy policy. The best things in it were renewable energy.