Quote by Daniel Yergin
So the major obstacle to the development of new supplies is not ge

So the major obstacle to the development of new supplies is not geology but what happens above ground: international affairs, politics, investment and technology. – Daniel Yergin

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The Russians are turning east to the Chinese – to the Europeans surprise. It always seemed to me that the relationship between Russia and China would shift from being based in Marx and Lenin to being based in oil and gas. – Daniel Yergin

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People always underestimate the impact of technology. To give you an example: In the 1970s the frontier for offshore development was 200 meters, today it is 4,000 meters. – Daniel Yergin

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Technology
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Ever since the arrival of printing – thought to be the invention of the devil because it would put false opinions into peoples minds – people have been arguing that new technology would have disastrous consequences for language. – David Crystal

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The world has become more complex as technology and easy travel mixes cultures without homogenizing them. – Norman Spinrad

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It is questionable if all the mechanical inventions yet made have lightened the days toil of any human being. – John Stuart Mill

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My grandfather on my mothers side was a professor of mechanical engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology my other grandfather was a lawyer, and one time Speaker of the Tennessee House of Representatives. – Kenneth G. Wilson

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