Roscoe Bartlett Quotes

The Nation needs to take a new approach to our energy problems.

We need to become energy independent or at least aspire to that.

We need to reduce our dependence on foreign sources of energy.

My hope is that we continue to do an even better job in terms of our nation's energy policy, so that we may even further reduce our reliance on foreign sources of oil and take better care of our environment in the process.

Even if we didn't have greenhouse gases, were going to have to move away from fossil fuels, as we're going to run out. They're finite, whereas solar and wind are infinite.

In reality, Republicans have long been at war with clean energy. They have ridiculed investments in solar and wind power, bashed energy-efficiency standards, attacked state moves to promote renewable energy and championed laws that would enshrine taxpayer subsidies for fossil fuels while stripping them from wind and solar.

I came here to help make America more competitive and prosperous by developing an energy policy that increases conservation, promotes cleaner technologies, encourages development of renewables and enhances domestic production of gas and oil.

I have been working for years to promote a responsible energy policy that works to increase energy efficiency and invest in alternative and renewable energy sources.

Our current energy policy is bankrupt.

It's going to cost trillions of dollars to rework the energy sources all over the world. Were going to have to move away from fossil fuels.

Gas is by far and away the most important element of our energy policy.

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.

Try everything. Do everything. Nuclear. Biomass. Coal. Solar. You name it. I support them all.

It is critical that we have a comprehensive energy plan to provide affordable and reliable supplies of energy so that our economy will not be dependent on foreign sources of energy.

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

I think Gov. Romney and Congressman Ryan are living in a fairly tale land on their energy policy.

It's not an if - we're going to have to change. Oil is simply going to be gone.

People want smart energy policy.

Energy independence and energy security are really two different things.

Ending our reliance on fossil fuels was never going to be easy.

With the huge benefits of investing in renewables, energy efficiency and demand reduction becoming ever more obvious, it's clear that there needs to be far greater scrutiny of the policy decisions that are propelling Britain towards a nuclear future.

We don't have all the time in the world with oil. We have to use oil while it makes sense to do so.

Fossil fuel subsidies are a hand brake as we drive along the road to a sustainable energy future.

Any time and money spent on LNG is time and money not spent on renewable energy.

We owe it to ourselves and to our policy makers to have a high standard of public debate about the future of our energy supplies.