Archer Daniels Midland Corporation Quotes

Feeding our energy appetite is top of mind for many people these days.

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

Yet since the 1950s, little has been done to prepare for our country's current or future energy needs.

We've recognized that natural gas would be the fastest-growing of the conventional fuels: oil, natural gas, coal. And so, we see the important role that natural gas will play globally and, more importantly, the important role it will play in the U.S. in terms of meeting future energy demand.

To have constructive conversations about the world's energy options, one needs to take a calm look at the numbers.

The American people know something is wrong as far as energy is concerned. They don't think they are being told the truth.

The consumption and production of energy is a major component of the global economy.

We do have serious energy needs for the country, we are aware that natural gas is especially in demand because of its air quality benefits: 90 percent of new power plants have been natural gas-powered.

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.

The question of energy is an important one. The big issue is how to get it, how not to destroy the environment, and how to survive as a species. It's a big deal.

Historically, we have lived in a nation of energy dependence. Dependence on others for our heating and electricity, and for our fuel for transportation.

In sum, we took energy for granted, assuming when we flipped the switch, the lights would go on and assuming that there would always be plenty of cheap fuel for our vehicles.

However, it may occur that we will find ourselves using a variety of fuel sources to give us the energy we need support our lifestyles and boost our economy.

What I see are people who want affordable energy. They want strong environmental standards - they want a lot of things - but first and foremost they want affordable energy. And if you want affordable energy, you want oil, gas and coal.

Barring a miracle, this nation can never be self-sufficient in energy again.

If you had no new technology, and you powered society as we do today - mostly by fossil fuels - you'd have only two choices: Doom yourself to horrific climate change by burning all that carbon and releasing all that CO2. Or power down society, reducing total energy usage around the planet.

Energy independence and energy security are really two different things.

Gas consumption is growing everywhere.

Energy has become a national security issue and as technology continues to improve, there will be more debates like the one on Keystone.

For far too long, America has been without a comprehensive energy plan, and today consumers are paying the price - literally - at the pump and in their heating bills.

Today, we're very dependent on cheap energy. We just take it for granted - all the things you have in the house, the way industry works.

Mr. Speaker, high natural gas prices and the summer spike in gasoline prices serve as a stark reminder that the path to energy independence is a long and arduous one.

We have to be careful because if one day the world is short of energy, it will be our responsibility. Everybody will ask Total, 'Why don't you have more oil?'

President Obama is riding the wrong horse on energy.

The idea that the growing demand for energy worldwide can be met with energy from nuclear power is nonsense.