“Europe and North America, we are told, are less dependent on energy-in...” — James Buchan Quote

“Europe and North America, we are told, are less dependent on energy-intensive heavy industry than in the 1960s and 1970s. It seems we squeeze more GDP out of a barrel of oil than in those benighted days.”

“Life without oil, in fact, would be so different that it is frightening to contemplate. We are addicted, and it is no comfortable addiction.”

“When Gordon the Brown, in London in 1997, commissioned a great inquisition or survey of his new realm, the result was the so-called national asset register, which was immediately dubbed by the boomers of the UK Treasury 'the modern Domesday Book.'”

“I'm a little baby in a barrel just taking everything in. I'm just so fortunate to do whatever I'm doing.”

“My grandfather was Scottish and just loved the game. My grandmother was a great golfer and a club champion. Whenever I was visiting them, I got a double barrel of golf lore. I guess it was always in my blood.”

“Someday I would like to be the kind of writer who barrels through a draft, but I can't even seem to barrel through an interview like this, so I imagine I have a long way to go.”