“[FPL buys oil on the futures market to protect against future spikes in energy costs, but that is not enough to offset FPL's increased costs from] a world oil market that is going absolutely crazy, ... We can't hedge our entire fuel needs.”
Bill Swank
“This country has no energy plan, no vision for the future, ... We give more tax breaks and money for oil, and what do we get? Three-dollar gas and wars in the Middle East. If you want to control the destiny of this country, it's going to be with synthetic fuels.”
Brian Schweitzer
“It will not reduce America's dependence on oil and it will not create a cleaner energy future. Instead the bill allows big oil companies to pollute water supplies, plunder the Treasury and attack our coastlines.”
Anna Aurilio
“The future is alternative energy, and removing our country's dependency on foreign oil, and the social and political and defense ramifications that has. Ford was very intrigued by that, and I think their interest in that is going to be profound.”
Matt Kramer
“It will not reduce America's dependence on oil and it will not create a cleaner energy future, ... Instead the bill allows big oil companies to pollute water supplies, plunder the Treasury and attack our coastlines.”
“It is the future. Through bio-diesel, we can reduce dependency on foreign oil and adopt an energy source that's clean, renewable and helps family farmers find new uses for their products.”
Willie Nelson
“The use of solar energy has not been opened up because the oil industry does not own the sun.”
Ralph Nader