Metaphors & SoundbitesTags:clean energy
"I am a conservative Republican...I do not believe in wasting things...I do not believe in wasting natural resources or any resources that w ...
Renewables too expensive? Navy Secy. Mabus: "Every new technology is more expensive. What if we hadn’t started using computers because the ...
"...I'd put my money on the sun and solar energy. What a source of power! I hope we don't have to wait 'til oil and coal run out before we t ...
"If you like buying oil from the Saudis, you'll love buying solar from the Chinese!"— Thomas Friedman
At its 1857 peak, New England whaling industry employed over 10,000 men and a huge part of America's economy. Yet, no one wants a return of ...
The Dinosaur Economy is an energy intense economy that relies primarily on fossil fuels such as oil, coal and natural gas that are derived f ...
It will take generations to decarbonise the world's economies. When it's over for us, the next generation will have to pick up the baton and ...
China has succeeded in growing its economy and lifting more people out of poverty, while reducing its CO2 emissions per unit of GDP (carbon ...
"Our children and grandchildren are going to be mad at us for burning all this oil. It took the Earth 500 million years to create the stuff ...
"'Coal = Jobs.' Yes, for lung doctors."—Thomas Friedman, New York Times Columnist
Just as rebuilding your house in a week would cost far more than rebuilding it slowly, so hasty remodeling of the global energy system would ...
"You don't have to believe in climate change to solve it. Everything we do to raise energy efficiency, will make money, improve security & ...
As renewable technologies jostle for position in the growing low carbon economy, commentators are asking 'Who is the fairest electricity gen ...
"I have long supported a sharp reduction in payroll taxes, with the differences made up in CO2 taxes. We should tax what we burn, not what ...
The U.S. is sitting on a vast, untapped reserve of cheap, clean energy: the energy lost every day to leakage, outdated infrastructure and ...
“While fossil-based prices are on a cost curve that goes up, renewable prices are on this march downward,” said Rick Needham, Google Directo ...
"The cheapest carbon to remove from the atmosphere, is the carbon we don't put there in the first place."
"This past month, I spent more beer & pistachios than I did on gas & electric. And I am not a big drinker. It’s amazing how much (solar) c ...
In order to prevent climate change, the world has to switch from high-carbon, polluting, power generation; to new, low-carbon generating cap ...
Banks, insurers and big investors are beginning to price climate risk into their decisions. This will accelerate the shift to low carbon ene ...
Who knew? Power plants use 40% of U.S. freshwater supplies. How will they cope with a drier climate? Who will keep the lights on when the w ...
There's no one "silver bullet" that can solve our energy and climate challenge in one shot. Instead, it's going to take a lot of little bu ...
"There is a great market opportunity for innovation. We going to go from green vs. gold to green = gold."—James Bradfield Moody.
The world is in the grip of a rush to renewables. Dirty old King Coal can be excused for being tired and grumpy at times.
"Clean up Your Own Mess" -- Robert Fulghum
"Cleaning up after ourselves generally is neither easy nor fun, and we usually don't l ...
Electric utility CEOs say they must burn coal to meet our energy demands. Sure, hungry kids want candy not vegetables. Yet, burning coal o ...
"What do jet engines, computers, transistors, the internet, and the Global Positioning System (GPS) have in common? They all owe their exist ...
It's the Olympics. USA has a chance to win gold in the Clean Energy Race event. Unfortunately, she is falling behind other countries.
“Is heart surgery preferable to a good diet? Of course not. Let’s go for the good diet.”—Bill Gates, on geoengineering.
In 2010, 37 governments spent $409bn on artificially lowering the price of fossil fuels, according to the International Energy Agency. This ...
What could be more futuristic than when the world listened with baited breath as astronauts talked to NASA control in Houston? Well, the fu ...
Little House on the Prairie families were resourceful and self-reliant. Today's smart power grids and solar PV will democratise electricity ...
"Congressman, set aside climate change, you realize that...things I suggested will help us be a lot more resilient against terrorism or oil ...
Continuing to burn fossil fuels in order to maintain the growth economy is like keeping on drinking to avoid a hangover.
"Once people understand climate protection puts money in your pocket, the political resistance will melt faster than the glaciers." - Amory ...
Saying ‘we won’t do anything until China does’ is like saying ’We won’t protect free speech until China does.’ — Senator Barbara Boxer, Cali ...
A car with airbags costs more than a car without. Society decides how valuable those airbags are. Society can decide the value of renewable ...
"I have nothing more to do with oil. I am producing my own energy -- solar energy," Larry Hagman (the actor who played oil baron J.R. Ewing ...
- former Energy Secretary James Schlesinger responding the American addiction to fossil fuels and our inability to be energy independent