R. Buckminster Fuller Quotes

We won’t conserve our way to energy independence.

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

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.

Historically, countries have made big energy shifts only when confronted with acute fossil-fuel crises: oil embargoes, debilitating pollution, or wars.

Everything adds up to a major crisis. Humanity is faced with a global energy crisis ... The core of the crisis lies in the increasing shortage of oil.

Energy will be the immediate test of our ability to unite this Nation, and it can also be the standard around which we rally. On the battlefield of energy we can win for our Nation a new confidence, and we can seize control again of our common destiny.

We simply must balance our demand for energy with our rapidly shrinking resources. By acting now we can control our future instead of letting the future control us.

The salient fact about the decades ahead is that we are entering a permanent global energy crisis and it will change everything about how we live.

I will work for energy policies that recognize oil won't last forever.

Our current energy policy is bankrupt.

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.

The more energy-efficient we become as a nation, the less we need to develop additional energy sources.

We have the resources and technology to produce more energy than we consume and break our long-standing dependence on foreign sources of oil. All we need is the will. In fact, there's a path to follow, one that North Dakota blazed over the last decade by building a comprehensive energy plan we called Empower North Dakota.

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

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

The world’s demand for energy will never stop.

The Department of Energy was created for one purpose: To obtain energy independence. Yet where are we?

If I were emperor of the world, I would put the pedal to the floor on energy efficiency and conservation for the next decade.

Because we are now running out of gas and oil, we must prepare quickly for a third change, to strict conservation and to the use of coal and permanent renewable energy sources, like solar power.

I want to work hard toward my goal that there will be zero nuclear power generation.

People want smart energy policy.

The challenge of weaning ourselves off fossil fuel even as it becomes more abundant will make the old fights about energy conservation seem like child's play.

Energy independence and energy security are really two different things.

Japan had an energy crisis. I thought, instead of just worrying about it, I should take some kind of responsibility to provide the solutions.

Strong policies and innovation can make the difference for energy security, climate change, air quality, and universal access to modern energy services in parallel - in short, building a secure, affordable, sustainable energy system that is available to all.