Turkish - Economist | March 22, 1958 -
I always thought that using more efficient energy sources, pushing the clean energy technologies such as renewable energies are important.
Fatih Birol
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I think my biggest fear is having another global war which might have been a result of sharing the primary commodities in the world.
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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.
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I believe there should be some financial incentives to make the right choice: to make them to buy the right car or not to buy a car but using public transport systems. I believe that these financial incentives are important.
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Humanity's future, to say nothing of its prosperity, will depend on how the world tackles two central energy challenges: securing reliable supplies of affordable energy and switching to efficient low-carbon energy.
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I think, for OPEC, the main challenge is to have a price level which brings good profits to them, good incentives for the investments, but at the same time, to prevent prices going to very high levels.
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Renewables are critical in our fight against climate change.
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The golden era for coal is over.
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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.
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I love football, and I love my work.
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We should not cling to crude down to the last drop - we should leave oil before it leaves us.
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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.
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