Quotes About Fuel Efficiency

#1. Democrats believe we should renew our commitment to creating tax credits for hybrid vehicles, increasing fuel efficiency standards for cars, and investing in ethanol, biofuel, hydrogen fuel cell technology

Rosa DeLauro

#2. Real cars were made here in America: Fords, Chevys, Plymouths. These were large chunks of Detroit iron - cars that had the size, weight, and handling characteristics of aircraft carriers but worse fuel efficiency.

Dave Barry

#3. With respect to the environment in our state and our state's future - in addition to water which is very important here - I think it is crucial for him to make a sincere commitment to energy efficiency, fuel efficiency, by helping us to produce those cars of the future.

Jennifer Granholm

#4. They have also been adopting fuel efficiency standards for automobiles in China.

Lester R. Brown

#5. Many hybrid owners realize how sharply fuel efficiency goes down over 55 mph because they get instant mileage feedback.

Felix Kramer

#6. Just as with cars, it's critical to know the fuel efficiency of black holes.

Steve Allen

#7. Is fuel efficiency really what we need most desperately? I say that what we really need is a car that can be shot when it breaks down.

Russell Baker

#8. In 1975, Congress passed a law requiring fuel efficiency standards to double over 10 years, with incremental targets that auto manufacturers were required to meet. That was the responsible approach, and it worked. But since 1985, we've done nothing - even as technology has moved at light speed.

Michael Bloomberg

#9. So-called global warming is just a secret ploy by wacko tree-huggers to make America energy-independent, clean our air & water, improve fuel-efficiency of our vehicles, kickstart 21st century industries, & make our cities safer & more livable. Don't let them get away with it!

Chip Giller

#10. Fuel efficiency is reducing the fund's income per mile driven and the average number of miles driven per person has declined.

Robert Wright

#11. Life is a battle of wits, and many people have to fight it unarmed.

Evan Esar

#12. I like to walk in rain, so that nobody can see my tears.

Charlie Chaplin

#13. What could be more perfect than marrying the person you love.

Kate Morton

#14. So the only way we're going to improve fuel economy or appliance efficiency swiftly and to the maximum extent practicable is if the government requires it.

Sherwood Boehlert

#15. Home is a little kingdom with rulers, laws, and subjects, each with a part to perform in order that life there shall be perfect.

Mabel Hale

#16. As we battle the high price of fuel, cost efficiency will continue to be a top priority not only for airlines but for every partner in the value chain including airports and air navigation service providers.

Giovanni Bisignani

#17. He (Bob Gibson) pitches as though he's double-parked.

Vin Scully

#18. Reading gave me great comfort and pleasure. When I started being able to write, around seven or eight, I wanted to be able to do that myself, to create that other world.

Lynne Tillman

#19. When I was in high school, we used to do 15-20 hours of dance per week, and then when you graduate, you don't have that much time on your hands anymore.

Laura Slade Wiggins

#20. Every man had his personal habits, passions, and impulses toward goodness, beauty, and truth.

Leo Tolstoy

#21. Climate change is real, caused by human activity and already devastating our nation and planet. The United States must lead the world in combating climate change and transforming our energy system away from fossil fuels and toward energy efficiency and sustainability.

Bernie Sanders

#22. I first tried a novel when I was 14. First finished one when I was 16. First started working on stuff that had a chance of being salable in my early 20s, then didn't write much fiction at all because I was in grad school.

Harry Turtledove

#23. The air/fuel ratio for any gasoline engine should be at 14.7:1 for it to run at maximum efficiency and the converter to do it work.

Mandy Concepcion

#24. The great passions had never been moved by a perfect body but by an evolved mind.

Merce Cardus