Theo Von Quotes

Environmentalists have a very conflicted relationship with their cars.

I probably wouldn't be a good spokesman for an electric car, because I'll still get on a private jet, and one flight on a private jet undoes all my electric-car good deeds.

It's not just the kid who's spent every penny from his job to upgrade his car to tell the world he cares about sports cars, it's also the person driving around in a fuel-conscious hybrid electric car, because it's more a message to the world than an effective means of saving fuel, to be quite honest.

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!

I'm still driving a Prius, yeah.

These greenies have nice speeches, but in practice they're pigs.

People go to environmental meetings in Hollywood in their gas-guzzling Mercedes.

What would Jesus drive?

It's a pipe dream, but for me, I've always wanted a Tesla. I would never have to go to a gas station.

There is simply no defending the preferred mode of travel for many of the celebrity crazies who lecture us about carbon credits. Do you think these folks are willing to give up their mansions and private jets in order to 'save the planet?'

Al Gore announced he is finishing up a new book about global warming and the environment. Yeah, the first chapter talks about how you shouldn't chop down trees to make a book that no one will read.

If you're going to drive a Hummer and buy carbon offsets, that's like getting drunk every night and getting into an AA meeting, throwing money in the basket, and leaving.

Environmentalists hate sprawl - except when it comes to the size of their expansive pet legislation on Capitol Hill.

Innovative companies have started to realize there are not enough 'green consumers' willing to pay more for something just because it's green.

I have a private plane. But I fly commercial when I go to environmental conferences.

I think the new generation is much more demanding about respect for the environment than we have ever imagined.

Talking nice about sun and wind and green jobs is just greenwash.

I have a very positive attitude to anyone who is protecting the environment, but it's inadmissible when people are using it as a means of promoting themselves, using it as a source of self-enrichment. I don't want to name any specific examples... but often, environmentalism is used to blackmail companies.

But now sustainability is such a political category that it's getting more and more difficult to think about it in a serious way. Sustainability has become an ornament.

I drive a hybrid, moving into an electric car. I only drink tap water, never consume food that's travelled.

We designed a car that is for daily commutes and that you charge every day. The less you use the gasoline engine, the better mpg. Essentially, the Karma can achieve dramatic savings and low CO2 output when used as intended, as a daily commuter.

Green issues have been used as a marketing tool. Sometimes these green claims are completely meaningless.

I have great respect for people who live out their beliefs. For example, Ed Begley Jr. is an environmentalist, but he really lives his lives, and is he very prudent in the way he lives. He's cautious. He's not like an Al Gore that flies around in a private jet and burns 20,000 gallons a day on his jet.

Maybe I should drive a hybrid. I do have a shirt that says, 'Go Green.'

EPA will set a national standard for greenhouse gas emissions that allows auto manufacturers to make cars that people both want and can afford - while still expanding environmental and safety benefits of newer cars.