Sherwood Boehlert Quotes

For the life of me, I can't understand why there wasn't a greater response sooner... We knew three or four days in advance that this was going to be a horrendous weather event; why didn't more action take place in advance? - Sherwood Boehlert

First, we should not be opening our coasts, all of our coasts, to oil drilling when we have not taken the first step, not the first step, to conserve oil. - Sherwood Boehlert

But our energy woes are in many ways the result of classic market failures that can only be addressed through collective action, and government is the vehicle for collective action in a democracy. - Sherwood Boehlert

And autos are not the only product that could be made more energy efficient if we just put in place sensible requirements. This is also true of many appliances and even of entire buildings. - Sherwood Boehlert

About 60 percent of the oil consumed daily by Americans is used for transportation, and about 45 percent is used for passenger cars and light trucks. - Sherwood Boehlert

A lot of people are impatient, understandably... And a lot of people want action as quickly as possible. - Sherwood Boehlert

[Boehlert cited statistics that showed it is small liberal arts colleges, not research universities, which have the best record of graduating students that will go on to receive Ph.D.s in science, mathematics or engineering.] Hamilton is a classic example... This building is a 'breeding ground' for future scientists and engineers. - Sherwood Boehlert

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