#energy

With only 2 percent of the world's proven reserves of oil, we in the United States can pump until we are blue in the face and it will not change the fact that we need more diverse and more secure sources of energy. ↗

— Zack Wamp

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If we had a hydrogen economy worldwide, every nation on earth could create its own energy source to support its economy, and the threat of war over diminishing resources would just evaporate. ↗

— Dennis Weaver

#create #diminishing #earth #economy #energy

Sitting behind the bench at games is the hardest thing I've ever had to go through because basketball is really most of my happiness. So when I can't go out there and exert energy and have fun and things like that, it kind of puts everything else into perspective. ↗

— Chris Webber

#because #behind #bench #else #energy

Failure is more frequently from want of energy than want of capital. ↗

— Daniel Webster

#energy #failure #frequently #more #than

Home Star is a common sense idea that would create jobs and provide a boost to local economies, while helping families afford their energy bills. By encouraging homeowners to invest in energy efficiency retrofits, Home Star would create 170,000 manufacturing and construction jobs that could not be outsourced to China. ↗

— Peter Welch

#bills #boost #china #common #common sense

Homes and buildings, many of which are old and drafty, eat up 40 percent of the energy America uses. Such inefficiencies perpetuate our reliance on foreign oil, imperiling our national security and increasing our contribution to climate change. ↗

— Peter Welch

#buildings #change #climate #climate change #contribution

The potential for Home Star to create jobs is proven and real. In Vermont, our statewide energy efficiency utility, Efficiency Vermont, created more than 430 jobs in 2007 and 2008, generating more than $40 million in income. ↗

— Peter Welch

#created #efficiency #energy #energy efficiency #generating

String Theory describes energy and matter as being composed of tiny, wiggling strands of energy that look like strings. And the pitch of a string's vibration determines the nature of its effect. ↗

— Roy H. Williams

#composed #describes #determines #effect #energy

Back when we were first making records, you didn't just make the music, you put a great deal of energy into the way it looked, and every word that was written on the whole thing. ↗

— Ann Wilson

#deal #energy #every #first #great

I don't believe in perfection. I don't think there is such a thing. But the energy of wanting things to be great is a perfectionist energy. ↗

— Reese Witherspoon

#energy #great #i #perfection #perfectionist