OIL QUOTES III
quotations about oil
To ask the question "What is oil?" is almost like asking "What is love?"
JOHN GUNTHER
Inside U.S.A.
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
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
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
In Louisiana, BP claims that it's making progress with the leaking oil in the Gulf. They're working on a plan to heat the Gulf up to 600 degrees and use it to fry chicken.
JIMMY KIMMEL
Jimmy Kimmel Live!, 2010
Oil companies are nationalities. This plane oughta say EXXON on the side instead of U. S. Navy.
JAMES W. BLINN
The Aardvark Is Ready For War