The issue of climate change is one that we ignore at our own peril. There may still be disputes about exactly how much we’re contributing to the warming of the earth’s atmosphere and how much is naturally occurring, but what we can be scientifically certain of is that our continued use of fossil fuels is pushing us to a point of no return. And unless we free ourselves from a dependence on these fossil fuels and chart a new course on energy in this country, we are condemning future generations to global catastrophe.

Barack Obama

The longer I live, the more I am certain that the great difference between the great and the insignificant, is energy – invincible determination–a purpose once fixed, and then death or victory.

Sir Thomas Bowell Buxton

Give me a place to stand and with a lever I will move the whole world.

Archimedes

Nimby: Not In My Back Yard
Nimto: Not In My Term of Office
Banana: Build Absolutely Nothing Anywhere Near Anything
CAVE people: Citizens Against Virtually Everything
NOPE: Not On Planet Earth

Ronnie Belmans

Don’t wait for anyone to deputize you or authorize you or empower you. You have to just start out with yourself…and put one foot in front of the other.

Hazel Henderson

Our decision about energy will test the character of the American people and the ability of the President and the Congress to govern. This difficult effort will be the “moral equivalent of war” — except that we will be uniting our efforts to build and not destroy.

I know that some of you may doubt that we face real energy shortages. The 1973 gasoline lines are gone, and our homes are warm again. But our energy problem is worse tonight than it was in 1973 or a few weeks ago in the dead of winter. It is worse because more waste has occurred, and more time has passed by without our planning for the future. And it will get worse every day until we act.

Jimmy Carter, 1977

According to some estimates, just turning off a monitor can save 75 percent of the overall energy consumption of a PC.

Graeme Wearden, ZDNET UK, October 2005

It is often necessary to make decisions on the basis of information sufficient for action, but insufficient to satisfy the intellect.

Immanuel Kant (1724-1804), German philosopher

If we do it right, protecting the climate will yield not costs, but profits, not burdens but benefits, not sacrifice, but a higher standard of living.

Bill Clinton, October 1997