Michael Rodgers Quotations

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

Most vehicles gradually increase their emissions, but with aging vehicles, there are some catastrophic failures, such as holes in catalytic converters.

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.

With the current situation, I want us to look at whether they're really necessary.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Atlantans drive more per day and keep their vehicles longer than drivers in many other major U.S. cities, particularly those in the north where vehicles don't last as long because of salt on the roads.

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.