“Rock stars get room keys, I get business cards. Wherever I go I meet innovators of wind power equipment, solar energy operators.” EnergyStarsRoomsRocksWindKeysCardsEquipmentRock StarInnovatorsOperatorsSolar EnergyBusiness CardWind Power Author:Thomas Friedman
“I do have fantasies of buying a helicopter and a lot of machine guns, but I don't know if I can do that. I'd like to have a lot of weapons, grenades and things. And I want to have a solar energy machine. And I want to have a sunken garden with a glass roof. I guess that's about it for now. I have a few other wants but I can't remember them.” IfsKnowsWantI CanRememberEnergyCan DoFantasyWeaponsGunGardenMachinesGlassesBuyingRoofHelicoptersGrenadeMachine GunsSolar Energy Author:Debbie Harry
“Apple is apparently building a large solar energy farm in North Carolina. And if there's any justice, the minute they're done building it, God will introduce a newer, smaller sun that's not compatible with their machinery.” IfsDoneFunnyEnergyJusticeSunMinutesBuildingGods WillApplesFarmsIntroducingMachineryCarolinaCompatibleNorth CarolinaSolar Energy Author:Jimmy Fallon
“Ecology also teaches that all life on earth can be viewed as a competition among species for the solar energy captured by green plants and stored in the form of complex carbon molecules. A food chain is a system for passing those calories on to species that lack the pant's unique ability to synthesize them from sunlight.” EarthFormEnergyAbilityTeachUniqueGreenCompetitionPlantSpeciesComplexesPassingPassingsChainsSunlightEcologyCarbonCapturedMoleculesCaloriesFood ChainSolar EnergyGreen Plants Author:Michael Pollan
“The wealth of any ecosystem is its perennials. The primal herbivore-predator-disturbance-rest dance is literally the breath and pulse of the earth. Grasses recycle oxygen far more efficiently than trees. The turnover is faster. Grass reaches out and turns solar energy into carbon. Tillage hyper-aerates the soil, burning out carbon. But because a plant creates bilateral symmetry at the soil horizon, it sloughs off root mass when the top gets chopped off.” EarthTurnsEnergyWealthTreeMassRootsBreathsPlantBurningFasterGrassSoilHorizonReach OutCarbonOxygenPulsePrimalEcosystemsPredatorDisturbanceSymmetryHyperSolar EnergyTurnoverSlough Author:Joel Salatin
“Everything we eat begins with a plant turning solar energy into carbohydrates. Everything. Whether we're eating meat or eating vegetables, it all begins there. So I'm always interested in taking things back to the beginning.” EnergyEatingPlantMeatVegetablesEating MeatSolar EnergyCarbohydrates Author:Michael Pollan
“I'd like the campaigning to be about all the things they're not going to do. Just tell me what you're not going do! Don't tell me what you're going to do. Just say "I'd really like to do solar energy but I'm not going to be able to. I really want to dig holes everywhere in the country but I really won't be able to do it because people seem to think that maybe my water will be screwed up."” PeopleThinkingWantCountrySeemsAbleEnergyWaterHolesScrewed UpCampaigningSolar Energy Author:Lewis Black
“We have this handy fusion reactor in the sky called the sun, you don't have to do anything, it just works. It shows up every day.” ShowsEnergySunSkyWorking ItFusionHandySolar Energy Author:Elon Musk
“The primary means of energy generation is going to solar. It will at least be a plurality, and probably be a slight majority in the long term.” MeanLongEnergyTermGenerationsMajorityPrimariesLong TermSolar Energy Author:Elon Musk
“You could power the entire United States with about 150 to 200 square kilometers of solar panels, the entire United States. Take a corner of Utah... there's not much going on there, I've been there. There's not even radio stations.” StatesEnergyUnitedUnited StatesRadioCornersStationsSquaresRadio StationsUtahSolar EnergySolar Panels Author:Elon Musk
“We live in a world bathed in 5,000 times more energy than we consume as a species in the year, in the form of solar energy.” WorldYearsFormEnergySpeciesSolar Energy Author:Peter Diamandis
“So, there's quite a big keep-out zone, and when you factor the keep-out zone into account, the solar panels put on that area would typically generate more power than that nuclear power plant.” BigsEnergyAreasAccountsPlantNuclearFactorsZoneNuclear PowerPower PlantsSolar EnergySolar Panels Author:Elon Musk
“If Earth ever suffers a runaway greenhouse effect (like what has happened on Venus), then our atmosphere would trap excess amounts of solar energy, the air temperature would rise, and the oceans would swiftly evaporate into the atmosphere as they sustained a rolling boil. This would be bad.” IfsWould BeEarthSufferingEnergyHappenedAirEffectsAmountOceanAtmosphereExcessRollingTrapsExtinctionTemperatureVenusGreenhousesRunawaySolar Energy Author:Neil deGrasse Tyson
“We simply have to transition from an economy based almost exclusively on oil and coal and natural gas to one that's far more diversified, that uses solar energy, and wind energy, and the power of the tides, and bio-mass energy, and eventually, develops hydrogen.” UseEnergyNaturalEconomyWindMassOilGasTransitionTidesCoalHydrogenNatural GasSolar EnergyBiosWind Energy Author:William J. Clinton
“Now, I know Obama was trying to take the long view, but talking about solar energy in the middle of the oil spill is like watching your house engulfed in flames and saying, 'We really should change the curtains.'” KnowsShouldTryingLongHouseEnergyViewsTalkingMiddleOilFlamesCurtainsSpillsSolar EnergyOil Spill Author:Craig Ferguson
“If I were to do a foundation, it would be to promote solar energy. And I'm worried about drilling for oil. I think it is harming the earth, 'cos it drains the layer of oil under the surface, and that could be causing earthquakes. It's like we're giving the earth arthritis. I don't know if that sounds crazy.” IfsThinkingKnowsGivingWould BeEarthEnergySoundCrazyFoundationSurfaceOilWorriedLayersEarthquakesDrainsDrillingArthritisSolar Energy Author:Debbie Harry
“I think there's a really great amount of potential for Hawaii to become an example of what's possible with renewable energy because there are so many renewable resources here: energy, solar energy, and wind energy. There's so much potential here.” ThinkingEnergyExampleWindAmountResourcesReally GreatHawaiiRenewable EnergySolar EnergyRenewable ResourcesWind Energy Author:Jack Johnson