OIL QUOTES III
quotations about oil
Why are politicians so eager to pin the blame for oil prices on speculators? Because it lets them believe that we don't have to adapt to a world of expensive gas.
PAUL KRUGMAN
"Fuels on the Hill", New York Times, June 27, 2008
If it's not one god it's another. Allah or oil. Jesus or Jewels. Lenin or lust.
VICTOR ROBERT LEE
Performance Anomalies
There is earth below your earth, a deep room where
gas and oil, rock and stone, circulate like slow blood
through a body.
MATHEW HENDERSON
The Lease
You know how you can tell if a gas station is price-gouging? If the sign says "Open".
JAY LENO
Tonight Show, 2007
Now they're saying all this terrorist activity could lead to higher oil prices. When asked why, the oil companies said, "Cause everything leads to higher oil prices." In fact, the price of crude oil could hit $80 a barrel. That's not crude -- that's obscene.
JAY LENO
The Tonight Show, 2006
If you look at humanity's per-capita energy use today, it's as thought each human being has twenty-three servants for him or her, every hour of every day.
LEIF WENAR
Blood Oil