Michael Rodgers Quotes (7 Quotes)

The U.S. government should consider the possibilities raised by the peak-oil people. We have to be prepared to deal with all plausible situations, and it has to be reflected in policy.

With each day that passes, more lives are put at risk. Congress should enact emergency legislation as soon as possible.

The situation is serious. That's why I recommended no travel for this year. We've been putting this off, and the situation hasn't improved.

This takes us to the heart of a security issue, ... It is likely that OPEC can step in and meet demand if a peak in non-OPEC regions happens. But then we'll be even more dependent on parts of the world that aren't stable and reliable.

We have instructed the administrators to do everything possible to get this spending under control.

People don't want to face this reality. Once you accept it as a possibility -- not even as a certainty, but just as one of many possible scenarios -- then you have to make all sorts of changes (in the way you live), because it would not make sense not to.

Over the last 20 years, the size of oil discoveries has fallen off dramatically. We are finding more fields than in the '60s and '70s, but they're much smaller. We're producing three barrels of oil for every one barrel of oil that we find.