“The idea that when people see prices falling they will stop buying those cheaper goods or cheaper food does not make much sense. And aiming for 2 percent inflation every year means that after a decade prices are more than 25 percent higher and the price level doubles every generation. That is not price stability, yet they call it price stability. I just do not understand central banks wanting a little inflation.” PeopleYearsMeanLittlesDoeIdeasFallLevelsGenerationsHigherPercentDecadesBuyingGoodsStabilityInflationCheaperCentral BanksPrice Stability Author:Paul Volcker
“With each month that passes, a solar panel gets 2 or 3 percent cheaper. So while we're holding the fossil fuel industry in check, the engineers in the renewable energy world are undercutting them from the other side.” WorldEnergySidesMonthsIndustryPercentChecksFuelEngineersFossilsCheaperFossil FuelRenewable EnergySolar PanelsEach Month Author:Bill McKibben
“NASA will send up a big sun shade that will be in orbit between the earth and sun and deflect 2 or 3 percent of the sunshine back into space. It would be cheaper than the international space station.” BigsWould BeEarthSpaceSunPercentInternationalSunshineStationsShadeCheaperNasaOrbitInternational Space StationEarth And Sun Author:James Lovelock
“Natural gas is the best transportation fuel. It's better than gasoline or diesel. It's cleaner, it's cheaper, and it's domestic. Natural gas is 97 percent domestic fuel, North America.” AmericaNaturalPercentFuelGasTransportationCheaperCleanersNorth AmericaGasolineDieselNatural Gas Author:T. Boone Pickens