Energy Resources Quotes

Important reserves of natural resources, like petroleum and precious metals, are the bulwarks for laying the foundations for the future.

Already, China has undermined U.S. foreign policy in efforts to gain access to oil resources in Iran and Sudan. We simply cannot separate the political and economic values of oil.

The good Lord put oil and gas there for us to find and use, and we'd better do it.

We are considering various ways of making use of our oil and gas downstream industries. This is to be complemented with the import of oil and gas from other sources as raw materials.

As a continent, I think there are opportunities for Asia to accept imports of Wyoming coal.

The enormous consumption of coals in the arts and manufactures, and in steam navigation, has excited the fears of ... exhaustion of our mines. These apprehensions, however, may be allayed by the assurance [of] the highest mining and geological authorities, that the coal fields of Northumberland and Durham alone are sufficient to supply [the present demand] for 1700 years, and ... the great coal basin of South Wales will ... supply the same demand for 2000 years longer.

Our national conservation effort must include the complete spectrum of resources: air, water, and land; fuels, energy, and minerals; soils, forests, and forage; fish and wildlife. Together they make up the world of nature which surrounds us- of the American heritage.

The substitute of oil for coal is impossible because oil does not exist in this world in sufficient quantities.

When I left university I got a job with Shell on their graduate scheme. One of my roles was as a commercial manager for liquid natural gas shipping, project economics and contract negotiation.

Thirty percent of the Nation's energy comes off the gulf coast.

Our universe is a sea of energy - free, clean energy. It is all out there waiting for us to set sail upon it.

Chile is not a rich country in terms of gas, or oil or coal, but we are extremely rich in terms of the energies of the future.

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.

For the first time in evolution as a species, we're hitting an energy ceiling.

It has become cheaper to look for oil on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange than in the ground.

Present annual world energy consumption is about equal to the annihilation energy of 4 tons of matter.

My country is not the gasoline pump for America.

Because fossil fuels are not only a finite resource but hazardous to the environment, it is imperative that we diversify the resources used in generating electricity.

We have enough coal to last for 250 years, yet coal also prevents an environmental challenge.

We have large resources of uranium that we are exploring, and we are extremely encouraged.

American companies will have a big shot at Iraqi oil.

In the history of America, we've never had an energy plan. We don't even realize the resources we have available to us.

Moreover, they [the Central Asian Republics] are of importance from the standpoint of security and historical ambitions to at least three of their most immediate and more powerful neighbors, namely Russia, Turkey and Iran, with China also signaling an increasing political interest in the region. But the Eurasian Balkans are infinitely more important as a potential economic prize: an enormous concentration of natural gas and oil reserves is located in the region, in addition to important minerals, including gold.

We have to destroy their caliphate because that gives them legitimacy to go ahead with the global Jihad. We have to take their energy because they are - ISIS is the richest terrorist organization there is.

There are serious worries about unconventional gas and oil, especially those concerning the environment.