“There is an urgent need to stop subsidizing the fossil fuel industry, dramatically reduce wasted energy, and significantly shift our power supplies from oil, coal, and natural gas to wind, solar, geothermal, and other renewable energy sources.” NeedsEnergyNaturalWindSourceIndustryOilFuelGasCoalFossilsUrgentSuppliesFossil FuelRenewable EnergyNatural GasEnergy SourcesBurning Fossil FuelsWind PowerRenewable Energy SourcesWind EnergyGeothermalGeothermal Energy Author:Bill McKibben
“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
“Conventional turbines only work up to 200 feet, but capturing a small fraction of the global wind energy at higher altitudes could be sufficient to supply the current energy needs of the globe.” NeedsEnergyFeetWindHigherCurrentsSufficientConventionalGlobesFractionsTurbinesWind Energy Author:Saul Griffith
“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
“By encouraging renewable energy sources such as wind energy, we boost South Dakota's economy and we help reduce America's dependence on foreign oil.” HelpingAmericaEnergyEconomyWindSourceSouthOilDependenceBoostRenewable EnergyDakotaEnergy SourcesSouth DakotaForeign OilRenewable Energy SourcesWind Energy Author:Tim Johnson
“It's the next phase of authorship of this country's energy future. It's gonna come from the people. It's not gonna be deus ex machina or Obama ex machina, or science ex machina. It's gonna be the people. It's not going to be a wind energy company that comes in and saves the day. It's going to be the people who figure this out.” PeopleCountryNextEnergyCompanyFiguresWindPhasesExesAuthorshipWind Energy Author:Josh Fox
“With 1 million square miles of the Arctic melting unexpectedly this summer, these are warning signs that we have to act and act now. Our addiction to Middle Eastern oil obviously has security implications, and we think it's about time to be generating Eastern Washington wind energy instead of sending our money to the sheikhs.” ThinkingEnergyMillionsMiddleSecurityWindSummerAddictionOilMilesSquaresWarningEasternImplicationsMeltingArcticWarning SignsWind Energy Author:Jay Inslee
“If a technology is elegant, biodegradable, made from renewable materials and employs a minimum of muscular, water or wind energy, is responsive, beautiful in its way, and challenging to the user in that it develops the user's senses and strength - it may comport with nature.” IfsWayMayMadeBeautifulEnergyWaterChallengesTechnologyWindMaterialsSensesUsersMinimumElegantWind EnergyBiodegradable Author:Stephanie Mills
“There are 80,000 jobs in the wind energy industry right now. And you can quadruple that number, if you have the right policy in place to promote clean energy.” IfsJobsEnergyNumbersPolicyWindIndustryRight NowCleanClean EnergyWind EnergyEnergy Industry Author:Van Jones
“We could do some household and neighborhood or town wind energy. But even this will run up eventually against the problem of needing an underlying fossil fuel economy to fabricate the hardware. Same with photovoltaic (solar) energy. We're going to be disappointed by what these things can do for us.” ProblemRunningEnergyCan DoEconomyWindTownsFuelNeighborhoodDisappointedHouseholdFossilsFossil FuelHardwareSolar EnergyFabricateWind EnergyFuel Economy Author:James Howard Kunstler
“Wind is God's way of balancing heat. Wind is the way you shift heat from areas where it's hotter to areas where it's cooler. That's what wind is.” WayWindAreasHeatFiniteHotterWind PowerWind Energy Author:Joe Barton
“We are like tenant farmers chopping down the fence around our house for fuel when we should be using Nature's inexhaustible sources of energy - sun, wind and tide. ... I'd put my money on the sun and solar energy. What a source of power! I hope we don't have to wait until oil and coal run out before we tackle that.” ShouldRunningHouseEnergyWaitingNatureSunWindSourceOilFuelFarmersTidesCoalFenceStewardshipEnergy SourcesChoppingTenantsSolar EnergySolar PowerWind PowerWind EnergyEnergy And Light Author:Thomas A. Edison
“butterflies were wind energy made visible.” MadeEnergyWindVisibleButterflyWind Energy Book:Imperfect Birds: A Novel Source: Imperfect Birds: A Novel
“I'd put my money on the sun and solar energy. What a source of power! I hope we don't have to wait until oil and coal run out before we tackle that.” RunningEnergyWaitingNatureSunEnvironmentSourceEnvironmentalClimate ChangeOilEcologyCoalOur EnvironmentRenewable EnergyEnergy SourcesChoppingWorld EnvironmentGreen LivingSustainable LivingSolar EnergySolar PowerOil IndustryPower Of NatureGo GreenWind PowerGreen WorldWind EnergyNatural EnergyEnergy IndustryHydrogen FuelEnergy And Light Author:Thomas A. Edison
“The two most abundant forms of power on earth are solar and wind, and they're getting cheaper and cheaper.” TwoEarthFormEnergyEnvironmentWindEcologyCheaperRenewable EnergyWind PowerConserving EnvironmentWind Energy Author:Ed Begley, Jr.
“Twelve states in the Great Plains have a wind energy potential greater then the electric use of our entire nation.” StatesUsePoliticalEnergyNationsGreaterWindTwelveElectricWind Energy Author:Michael Pare
“[Wind energy] takes a very large footprint on the land, five to 10 times what you'd use for nuclear, and typically to get one gigawatt of electricity is on the order of 250 square miles of wind farm.” UseInspirationMotivationOrderEnergyFiveLandWindNuclearMilesFarmsSquaresElectricityFootprintWind EnergyWind Farms Author:Stewart Brand
“I will do anything that is basically covered by the law to reduce Berkshire's tax rate. For example, on wind energy, we get a tax credit if we build a lot of wind farms. That's the only reason to build them. They don't make sense without the tax credit.” IfsReasonLawEnergyExampleWindTaxesRateCreditMake SenseCoveredFarmsWind PowerWind EnergyWind Farms Author:Warren Buffett
“One of the messages I presented to the coal industry was, "If you want to have major transmission built, start encouraging wind development." That's because the cultural value and acceptance of wind energy provides an opportunity to build transmission lines that are not as desirable with traditional forms of generation.” IfsWantFormValuesOpportunityEnergyLinesGenerationsAcceptanceWindDevelopmentIndustryMajorsMessagesBuiltTraditionalCoalDesirableTransmissionWind Energy Author:Kevin Cramer