Energy Security Quotes

Energy Independence

The United States invaded Iraq to gain control of one of the major sources of the world's energy.

Destroying an entire energy industry, that hurts the working class.

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.

Energy independence is very important to me.

There is a connection between energy, climate, food and political stability. That has played out in the Arab awakening and is not done playing out.

Coal is absolutely critical to our nation's economic health and global competitiveness.

We have a military policy instead of an energy policy.

Now, of course, cold fusion is the daddy of them all in a way, in terms of value, so I think that viewed in a social way, from the point of social considerations and economics, it will tell you that this thing will stay around.

Drilling in ANWR fails to lower energy prices today and sets no long term energy strategy for tomorrow.

The anti-American policy is the one that keeps oil prices up. The way to do that is to help OPEC limit the amount of liquid fuel available.

Asia is rising economically - and is thirsty for oil. The price pressures on oil and oil price shocks, due to Asia's economic rise, mean that all steps made now to reduce oil dependence will protect us from pain and volatility later.

Oil is much too important a commodity to be left in the hands of the Arabs.

If people think we can draw a circle around North America and that we can be an independent island of energy, that's not realistic. This is a world market for oil, for refined products, and increasingly, for natural gas.

Venezuela has the largest oil reserve, and Venezuela has to defend itself.

Energy independence and energy security are really two different things.

If we're going to talk about economic fairness, or about fairness, one of the most pressing economic issues facing families, seniors, and job creators in Missouri and across America is the strain of skyrocketing gas prices.

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 release of atomic energy has not created a new problem. It has merely made more urgent the necessity of solving an existing one.

For the Navy, developing alternatives to fossil fuels isn't just about fighting climate change - though that's an important side benefit. Biofuels will also play a much more practical role in the Navy's fuel mix, boosting our energy security and supporting the U.S. economy.

The government is shutting down the coal industry, they say it's cheaper to draw nuclear power off the French grid and cheaper to buy coal from Colombia.

We must create a new culture to improve [nuclear] safety. After making sure that it is safe, we must restart nuclear energy.

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.

It is time for a New Direction for our nation's energy policies.

On Russia, President Trump reverses the weakness of Obama, who turned a blind eye as Putin marched into Crimea and Ukraine by hitting Putin where it hurts - on energy.