Quotes by Coal If youre a young person looking at the future of this planet and looking at what is being done right now, and not done, I believe we have reached the stage where it is time for civil disobedience to prevent the construction of new coal plants that do not have carbon capture and sequestration. Al Gore coal done believe Rumors of coal's demise may have been greatly exaggerated. Alan Johnson coal rumor may The only candidate pocketing big money from people who want to destroy coal is Mitch McConnell. Alison Lundergan Grimes coal want people Agriculture is the most destructive industry that we have. More than coal mining and other extractive industries. Allan Savory agriculture coal destructive Variable but forecastable renewables (wind and solar cells) are very reliable when integrated with each other, existing supplies and demand. For example, three German states were more than 30 percent wind-powered in 2007 - and more than 100 percent in some months. Mostly renewable power generally needs less backup than utilities already bought to combat big coal and nuclear plants' intermittence. Amory Lovins coal cells wind Natural gas is the one fuel that we have that's affordable, it's scaleable, it can replace coal over time, it can replace imported oil, can create American jobs. Aubrey McClendon coal oil jobs Life may be defined to be the power of self-augmentation or assimilation, not of self-nurture; for then a steam-engine over a coal-pit might be made to live. Augustus William Hare coal pits self So if somebody wants to build a coal-powered plant, they can; it's just that it will bankrupt them because they're going to be charged a huge sum for all that greenhouse gas that's being emitted. Barack Obama coal energy want Here at this site, Solyndra expects to make enough solar panels each year to generate 500 megawatts of electricity. And over the lifetime of this expanded facility, that could be like replacing as many as eight coal-fired power plants. Barack Obama coal eight years No use fanning up hot coals when you have to walk across them. Bernard Malamud coal anger hot I'm so black, I leave fingerprints on coal. Bernie Mac coal fingerprints black My desire to get here [Parliament] was like miners'coal dust, it was under my fingers and I couldn't scrub it out. Betty Boothroyd coal dust desire Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal while blaming our misery on the person who started the fire. Bill Crawford coal fire hot There is an urgent need to stop subsidizing the fossil fuel industry, dramatically reduce wasted energy, and significantly shift our power supplies from oil, coal, and natural gas to wind, solar, geothermal, and other renewable energy sources. Bill McKibben coal oil wind There is basically no one not on the payroll of Exxon Mobil or coal companies who any longer contend that this is not something to worry about. Bill McKibben coal company worry We spend a lot of time playing defence against bad things. So, in the US, one of the focusses has been this huge Keystone Pipeline project, another has been the coal ports on the Pacific Ocean. Bill McKibben coal pipeline ocean Without an end to the burning of fossil fuels, coal especially, most of us will live shorter lives. I'm hopeful, but very, very concerned. Bill Nye coal burning hopeful Coal is our most abundant fossil fuel. (GE's) development efforts are to just end up making the plants more competitive on an economic basis by using these other coals. Bill Vaughan coal fossils effort 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. Bill Vaughan shutting-down coal government You need to be in fellowship of a church...If you separate a live coal from the others, it will soon die out. However, if you put a live coal in with other live coals, it will be a glow that will last for hours. Billy Graham coal church needs 123456789»