When a person from a community goes and buys a car, he or she should have the incentive, financial incentive, to buy a more efficient, more environment-friendly car. This shouldn’t be only left to the intention of the people. We cannot only rely on the ethics or the moral of the people. Fatih Birol Read Quote
Fossil fuel subsidies are a hand brake as we drive along the road to a sustainable energy future. Fatih Birol Read Quote
India needs three things for its energy sector: investment, investment, and investment. Fatih Birol Read Quote
The developed, oil-consuming countries can do several things to ease the transition to the new energy order. One would be to boost vehicle efficiency. Fatih Birol Read Quote
Tar sands are attractive, but like biofuels, they will never replace Middle East oil. Fatih Birol Read Quote
We should not cling to crude down to the last drop – we should leave oil before it leaves us. Fatih Birol Read Quote
We are considered to be a watchdog, the IEA, and a watchdog fulfils its task only if it barks. So I bark when I think there is a need for barking. Fatih Birol Read Quote
