“And they are lovely, the turbines, better than power lines, particularly when the sky is blue. Sometimes I do stare at them. The blades look like ballerina’s legs, but all calves and no feet, like ballerina’s legs but with the feet chopped off at the ankle, like a German fairy tale.” DollsTurbinesWind PowerResemblances Book:The Town of Whispering Dolls: Stories Source: The Town of Whispering Dolls: Stories
“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
“As President, I'll invest in renewable energies like wind power, solar power, and the next generation of homegrown biofuels. That's how America is going to free itself from our dependence on foreign oil not through short-term gimmicks, but through a real, long-term commitment to transform our energy sector.” LongRealAmericaNextEnergyPresidentTermGenerationsWindCommitmentOilLong TermDependenceNext GenerationShort TermRenewable EnergyGimmicksSolar PowerForeign OilBiofuelsHomegrownWind Power Author:Barack Obama
“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
“I don't need any more press. I get enough when I work, but environmental causes is one place where you can get me to open my mouth. And put my foot in it if necessary. I think the only thing I do that gives me any bragging rights in terms of energy conservation is sailing. Just using wind power.” IfsThinkingNeedsGivingEnoughEnergyCausesTermRightsFeetWindMouthsGive MePressesEnvironmentalConservationSailingBraggingEnergy ConservationWind PowerBragging Rights Author:Morgan Freeman
“China has an almost infinite need for energy, and frankly, the world would be better off if much of that need goes in the direction of wind power.” IfsWorldNeedsWould BeEnergyWindInfiniteChinaBetter OffWind Power Author:Iqbal Quadir
“Sometimes I think the Congress feels that if you only decided tomorrow to switch to wind power that in two years we'd be getting 80 percent of our electricity from wind power. It's nonsense. Normally it takes 20 to 30 years after a new technology is demonstrated and deployed before it powers even 15 or 20 percent of the grid. There's this long lag time, and we haven't even decided which directions to go.” IfsThinkingFeelsYearsLongTwoSometimesTechnologyHavensWindTomorrowPercentDecidedCongressNonsenseTwo YearsElectricityNew TechnologyGridsLagWind Power Author:Paul R. Ehrlich
“I talk about reducing our dependence on foreign oil. If we're buying electricity from a solar-thermal plant in Tijuana, I'm not sure we should say that's evil. If we are buying wind power from Alberta, I don't have a huge objection to that.” IfsShouldEvilWindHugePlantOilNot SureBuyingElectricityDependenceReducingObjectionsForeign OilAlbertaWind PowerThermalTijuana Author:Jay Inslee
“There should be intensive research of all forms of clean energy - sun power, wind power, water power including wave power. In some places thermal energy is available. I stayed on a ranch which, with solar panels and two windmills, provided its own energy.” ShouldTwoFormEnergyWaterSunWindResearchCleanIncludingWaveAvailableClean EnergyWindmillsSolar PanelsWind PowerThermalWater Power Book:Peace Pilgrim: Her Life and Work in Her Own Words Source: Peace Pilgrim: Her Life and Work in Her Own Words
“People are are moving away from the fossil fuel-based economy, to a more renewable economy. That is what is called the 'transition town' movement. There are three hundred towns in Britain that are making this transition. Taking energy from solar power, from wind power, from water power.” PeopleMovingThreeEnergyWaterEconomyMovementWindHundredTownsFuelBritainTransitionFossilsFossil FuelMoving AwaySolar PowerWind PowerWater Power Author:Satish Kumar
“If you think that we've overregulated in the environmental space what I can show you is that we have tripled the amount of wind power in this country, increased by tenfold the amount of solar power. We are producing as much oil and gas as we've ever produced.” IfsThinkingI CanCountryShowsSpaceWindAmountEnvironmentalOilGasOil And GasSolar PowerWind Power Author:Barack Obama
“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
“I have lightning and wind powers," Jason reminded him. "Piper can turn beautiful and charm people into giving her BMWs. You're no more a freak than we are. And, hey, maybe you can fly, too. Like jump off a building and yell 'Flame on!'" Leo snorted. "If I did that, you would see a flaming kid falling to his death, and I would be yelling something a little stronger than 'Flame on!” PeopleIfsGivingLittlesWould BeKidsBeautifulTurnsFallBuildingWindStrongerHeyFlamesCharmFreakLightningYellingJasonPipersBmwLost HeroWind Power Author:Rick Riordan
“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.
“I strongly agree with Vice President Gore that we cannot drill our way to energy independence, but must fast-track investments in renewable sources of energy like solar power, wind power and advanced biofuels...” WayEnergyPresidentWindSourceAgreeIndependenceInvestmentClimate ChangeTrackVicesGoreVice PresidentDrillsSolar PowerBiofuelsEnergy IndependenceWind Power Author:Barack Obama
“The potential for alternative energy sources, mainly solar and wind power, to completely replace coal and gas for utility generation globally is, I think, certain. The question is only whether it takes 30 years or 70 years.” ThinkingYearsCertainEnergyGenerationsWindSourceAlternativesGasCoalUtilityEnergy SourcesAlternative EnergyWind Power Author:Jeremy Grantham
“Replacing half of the U.S. ground-transport fuels with hydrogen from wind power by 2050, for example, might require 1,400 gigawatts of advanced wind turbines or more... replacing those fuels with electricity might require less than 400 GW.” MightHalfExampleWindClimateFuelElectricityTransportHydrogenTurbinesWind PowerWind Turbines Author:Joseph J. Romm
“Anybody who has stood on the prairie in North Dakota has felt the force of the wind and knows that our state has an inexhaustible supply of wind power. The potential here to create jobs and draw millions of dollars in new investment to North Dakota is enormous.” KnowsStatesJobsForceFeltMillionsWindDrawsDollarsInvestmentEnormousPrairieDakotaNorth DakotaWind Power Author:Kent Conrad
“Wind power, if not properly planned and sited, can harm birds and bats (although Danish studies of 10,000 bird kills revealed that almost all died in collisions with buildings, cars and wires; only 10 were killed by windmills). Alternative energy sources are absolutely necessary. Global warming will kill birds and bats, as well as other species, in much greater numbers than wind power.” WellsEnergyNumbersStudyGreaterCarBuildingWindSourceBirdDiedSpeciesEnvironmentalAlternativesGlobal WarmingBatsWireCollisionEnergy SourcesDanishWindmillsAlternative EnergyWind Power Author:David Suzuki
“Solar power, wind power, the way forward is to collaborate with nature - it's the only way we are going to get to the other end of the 21st century.” WayEndsCenturyWind21st CenturyWay ForwardSolar PowerWind Power Author:Bjork
“Whether fuel cell system development in central Oregon, wind power generation along the Columbia Gorge, or geothermal energy in southern Oregon, investing in new energy sources makes America more energy independent while creating good paying, environmentally friendly jobs.” JobsAmericaEnergyPowerGenerationsWindSourceDevelopmentCreatingIndependentInvestingCellsFuelFriendlySouthernColumbiaOregonEnergy SourcesNew EnergyGorgesWind PowerEnvironmentally FriendlyFuel CellsGeothermalGeothermal Energy Author:Greg Walden
“The current anger at the march of turbines and pylons across the hills of Britain is not from nimbys. Government money has lubricated most backyard owners to support wind power. It comes from those who appreciate the beauty of the countryside and who question the industrial spoliation of miles of open landscape for a pitiful net gain to climate change.” GovernmentSupportWindGainsAppreciateClimateClimate ChangeCurrentsMilesHillsLandscapeBritainOwnersMarchCountrysideBackyardsPitifulTurbinesWind Power Author:Simon Jenkins
“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
“If Americans could choose, would they choose to work on the infrastructure for cancer-causing oil power or would they choose to work on the infrastructure for health-reviving wind power?” IfsWindCancerOilInfrastructureWind Power Author:Evangeline Lilly
“In reality, Republicans have long been at war with clean energy. They have ridiculed investments in solar and wind power, bashed energy-efficiency standards, attacked state moves to promote renewable energy and championed laws that would enshrine taxpayer subsidies for fossil fuels while stripping them from wind and solar.” LongWarStatesRealityMovingLawEnergyWindRepublicanStandardsCleanInvestmentFuelEfficiencyFossilsTaxpayersFossil FuelRenewable EnergySubsidiesClean EnergyStrippingEnergy EfficiencyWind Power Author:Jeff Goodell
“Suburbia is not going to run on biodiesel. The easy-motoring tourist industry is not going to run on biodiesel, wind power and solar fuel.” RunningEasyWindIndustryFuelTouristsSuburbiaWind PowerBiodiesel Author:James Howard Kunstler