R. James Woolsey, Jr. famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

Forget hydrogen, forget hydrogen, forget hydrogen.
-- R. James Woolsey, Jr.

#Hydrogen #Climate #Forget
"World War III, was the Cold War".
-- R. James Woolsey, Jr.

#War #Victory #World
American farmers, by making the commitment to grow more corn for ethanol, are at the top of the spear on the war against terrorism.
-- R. James Woolsey, Jr.

#War #Commitment #Corn
Countries are effectively paid deference in direct and indirect ways if they're huge oil suppliers.
-- R. James Woolsey, Jr.

#Country #Oil #Way
My family, we're all WASPs.
-- R. James Woolsey, Jr.

#My Family #Wasps
We aren't addicted to oil, but our cars are.
-- R. James Woolsey, Jr.

#Oil #Car
Well, just as the Supreme Court follows the election returns, you can bet that the bureaucracy does as well.
-- R. James Woolsey, Jr.

#Return #Doe #Election
If you own a chemical plant and leak a little benzene, you're in big trouble because everyone knows how carcinogenic it is. But coming out of a tailpipe? The government never does anything about that.
-- R. James Woolsey, Jr.

#Government #Doe #Littles
Look, I don't think President Obama would have bowed to the ruler of Saudi Arabia if he didn't have oil to the degree that the Saudis do. I think they and other producing states, almost all of whom, except Norway and Canada, are dictatorships or autocratic systems, have thrown their weight around because of oil.
-- R. James Woolsey, Jr.

#Thinking #Oil #President

Birds are, especially canaries, are super sensitive to hydrogen sulfide and sour gas.
From the results so far obtained it is difficult to avoid the conclusion that the long-range atoms arising from collision of alpha particles with nitrogen are not nitrogen atoms but probably atoms of hydrogen, or atoms of mass 2. If this be the case, we must conclude that the nitrogen atom is disintegrated under the intense forces developed in a close collision with a swift alpha particle, and that the hydrogen atom which is liberated formed a constituent part of the nitrogen nucleus.
I built the solenoid and with great expectations late one evening I pressed the switch which sent a current of 40 amperes through the coil. The result was spectacular-a deafening explosion, the apparatus disappeared, all windows were blown in or out, a wall caved in, and thus ended my pioneering experiment on liquid hydrogen cooled coils!
Cities generate most of the global economy, and most of its energy use, resource demands and climate emissions. How we build cities over the next decades will largely determine whether we can deliver a bright green future.
Rational argument does not create belief, but it maintains a climate in which belief may flourish.
We have received no single argument in favour of this document except political pressure. No link has been established between carbon dioxide emissions and climate change. No other objective facts have been presented in recent time. The IPCC's reports in 1990 and 1995 show it clearly.
Forget this world and all its troubles and if possible Â its multitudinous Charlatans-- everything in short but Â the Enchantress of Numbers.
In a thousand years we shall all forget The things that trouble us now.
You know, London is so sprawling, and you can sometimes forget that anybody else is on a stage anywhere else.
In looking out upon the world, we forget that the world is looking at itself.

R. James Woolsey, Jr. famous quotes

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