Without competition, the spectacular development of technology that we have seen in the last one hundred years in this country would not have happened.

We obviously want to produce things that people want. We are going to continue to do that in an environmentally responsible way, while still being aware of the physical, scientific, and practical issues that we have to deal with.

I find it interesting that many of the people who want to restrict fossil fuels live in well-developed countries where abundant and affordable energy is readily available.

In every aspect of life, including the economic dimension, we are always challenged to do the right thing. In many cases in the market system, which allows a great deal of latitude for human choice, people can get carried away to excess.

There is hardly an activity that a person can think about that does not intrinsically involve energy, most of which is currently provided by fossil fuels.

The freedoms that people have that flow from all civic institutions fundamentally come from the success of a market system.

Without competition, the spectacular development of technology that we have seen in the last one hundred years in this country would not have happened.