…my top priority is making sure people are able to get enough to eat ... we have rising food prices around the United States. In other countries, we're seeing riots because of the lack of food supply, so this is something we're going to have to deal with.
- President Barak Obama
A future of clean energy is well worth the price. Progress will be far less expensive than failure.
- Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Md.
The grain it takes to fill a 25-gallon tank with ethanol just once will feed one person for a whole year.
- Lester Brown
The climate crisis, in particular, is getting a lot worse - much more quickly than predicted.
- Al Gore
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.
- Jimmy Carter
What the U.S. and China do over the next decade will determine the fate of the world.
- Energy Secretary Steven Chu
Our economy cannot stand 10 more years of sending $2 billion every 24 hours to foreign countries for oil.
