“I've definitely seen that Texas is certainly a right-wing area politically. I think if you talk to the average Texan, some people may still think that alternative energy is some sort of hippie mumbo-jumbo, you know. I think there's still a strong movement to continue to drill and continue to find these other sources of oil within the country.” PeopleIfsThinkingKnowsMayStillsCountryEnergyStrongMovementSourceAreasWingsAverageOilAlternativesTexasHippieRight WingDrillsTexanAlternative Energy Author:Jesse Metcalfe
“The biggest challenge for open source is that as it enters the consumer market, as projects like WordPress and Firefox have done, you have to create a user experience that is on par or better than the proprietary alternatives.” DoneChallengesSourceProjectsAlternativesConsumersUsersUser ExperienceOpen SourceWordpress Author:Matt Mullenweg
“We have known for decades that our survival depends on finding new sources of energy. Yet we import more oil today than ever before.” TodayEnergyKnownSourceDependsFindingsSurvivalOilDecadesAlternativesImports Author:Barack Obama
“I tend to believe that computers are drawing kids -- and adults -- away from reading purely because they provide an alternative, vast source of spare-time amusement and entertainment. I recently heard a frightening statistic: there are less than one million true readers in this country (those who read every day instead of one book per year on a beach). Terrifying.” YearsBelieveBookCountryKidsReadingMillionsHeardSourceReaderComputerAdultsEntertainmentDrawingAlternativesBeachFrighteningSparesAmusementSpare Time Author:Tim Lebbon
“Sometimes we face resistance in Alberta and Canada because we already have other power sources, but this is a competitive alternative.” SometimesFacesSourceResistanceAlternativesCanadaAlberta Author:Alison Thompson
“Instead of finding alternative energy sources, we try to subjugate entire regions of the world. People do not understand that by doing this, the United States are going to absolute ruin.” PeopleWorldTryingStatesEnergyUnitedUnited StatesSourceFindingsAbsolutesRuinsAlternativesRegionsEnergy SourcesAlternative Energy Author:Gore Vidal
“If we dont continue to pursue alternative, emissions-free energy sources like nuclear fuel, we are at risk of increasing our dependence on costly natural gas.” IfsEnergyNaturalRiskSourceNuclearPursueAlternativesFuelGasDependenceEmissionsNatural GasEnergy Sources Author:Judy Biggert
“In Southeast Asia the world is understood to be a vast, complex network of interdependent relationships. So when global capitalism makes it impossible for small-time rice farmers to feed their families and make a living, it is a natural thing for anyone in the family who can find an alternative source of income to do so.” WorldNaturalImpossibleSourceUnderstoodCapitalismComplexesIncomeAlternativesFarmersAsiaRiceNatural ThingsSoutheast AsiaSouth Asia Author:John Burdett
“Energy is the key to prosperity, to security. And until we [in US] start tapping our domestic, conventional and alternative sources to energy, we're never going to get there.” EnergySecuritySourceKeysProsperityAlternativesConventionalTapping Author:Sarah Palin
“To put it bluntly, we now need to reverse course. We need more highly skilled small farmers in more places all across America - not as a matter of nostalgia for the agrarian past but as a matter of national security. For nations that lose the ability to substantially feed themselves will find themselves as gravely compromised in their international dealings as nations that depend on foreign sources of oil presently do. But while there are alternatives to oil, there are no alternatives to food.” NeedsMatterAmericaPastCoursesNationsLosesAbilitySecuritySourceDependsEnvironmentalInternationalOilNostalgiaAlternativesFarmersSustainabilityReverseNational SecurityDealings Author:Michael Pollan
“The technologies for the alternative energy sources exists today. The economics are compelling. The public health is compelling. Why would we maintain a focus on a 17th-century technology, when there are 21st-century alternatives that are both necessary and available? And the answer is the subversion of democracy.” TodayEnergyAnswersTechnologyDemocracyFocusCenturySourceEconomicsAvailableAlternativesCompelling21st CenturyPublic HealthEnergy SourcesSubversion17th CenturyAlternative Energy Author:Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.
“Art can play a major role. I look at art as an alternative source of energy, the same way we might look at wind or solar or lithium batteries.” WayLooksArtPlayMightEnergyRolesWindSourceMajorsAlternativesBatteriesLithium Author:Saul Williams
“There's something about the awareness of the limits that makes you tune in more to your surroundings and I've experienced a lot of pleasure or even joy in working with those alternatives and also it's made me so much more aware of just how much work we can make those sources of supply do for us, whether it's electricity or fossil fuels.” MadeJoyPleasureAwarenessSourceLimitsAlternativesFuelTunesElectricityFossilsSurroundingsFossil Fuel Author:John Lindsay
“I always felt that the musician's job was to provide an alternative source of information.” JobsFeltInformationSourceMusicianAlternatives Author:Bruce Springsteen
“The promises of pie-in-the-sky liberal environmentalists that we can convert to 'clean' energy sources and stimulate our economy are based on dubious environmental and economic assumptions, fantastic notions about alternative energy, and a disturbing acceptance of the tyrannies inherent in command-control economies.” EnergyEconomySkyEconomicAcceptanceSourcePromiseCleanEnvironmentalNotionTyrannyCommandFantasticAlternativesAssumptionInherentPieDisturbingEnvironmentalistDubiousClean EnergyEnergy SourcesAlternative Energy Author:David Limbaugh
“The sooner we get started with alternative energy sources and recognize that fossil fuels makes us less secure as a nation, and more dangerous as a planet, the better off we'll be.” EnergyNationsDangerousPlanetsSourceSecureAlternativesFuelBetter OffFossilsFossil FuelEnergy SourcesBurning Fossil FuelsAlternative Energy Author:Lindsey Graham
“To maintain our economic and national security, we must maximize all of our nation's energy resources, including renewable sources, alternative fuels, and fossil fuels, all in a way that balances economic development and protecting our environment.” WayEnergyNationsEnvironmentEconomicSecuritySourceDevelopmentBalanceResourcesIncludingAlternativesFuelNational SecurityFossilsOur EnvironmentFossil FuelEconomic Development Author:Joe Heck
“It is worth noting that virtually every alternative energy source we have - solar, wind, nuclear, and battery and fuel cell technologies for storage - resulted from public innovation and R&D, not private. The problem is that we haven't done enough of it, and we have done it inconsistently.” DoneEnoughProblemEnergyTechnologyHavensWindSourceInnovationNuclearCellsAlternativesFuelBatteriesStorageEnergy SourcesAlternative EnergyFuel Cells Author:Ted Nordhaus