ALTERNATIVE ENERGY QUOTES III
quotations about alternative & renewable energy
For many working-class voters in places like Ohio, oil and gas and coal are the only 'real' forms of energy. Many people see wind and solar as just toys. So naturally, pandering politicians play to this idea, rather than challenging voters to see that renewable energy is not only growing fast but represents a far smarter and safer bet for the future than continuing with the old ways.
STEVE KRETZMANN
attributed, "Mitt Romney's Disastrous Energy Plan", Rolling Stone, Sep. 14, 2012
Renewable energy is growing rapidly, and is triggering far-reaching social and institutional changes in how energy is used and managed in the electric grid, in buildings and in transportation. Two types of policies will determine how quickly the United States shifts from fossil fuels to renewable-based energy systems: first, measures that support energy efficiency and renewable energy, and second, measures that reduce support for and reliance on fossil fuels.
JENNIE C. STEPHENS
"Presidential Candidates Offer Sharp Differences on Renewable Energy's Future", U. S. News & World Report, February 28, 2016
Encouraging investment and usage of renewable energy in most cases has been deemed beneficial from a societal viewpoint, improving quality of life and minimizing the environmental impact of power generation. The problem can be that some of these societal benefits can become subverted in the process by poor implementation or poor oversight.
PETER BANNER
"An Interview with Peter Banner, Renewable Energy Veteran", Planet Experts, July 18, 2014
The transition from coal, oil, and gas to wind, solar, and geothermal energy is well under way. In the old economy, energy was produced by burning something -- oil, coal, or natural gas -- leading to the carbon emissions that have come to define our economy. The new energy economy harnesses the energy in wind, the energy coming from the sun, and heat from within the earth itself.
LESTER R. BROWN
Plan B 4.0: Mobilizing to Save Civilization
There are no major economic or technical barriers to a future supported by renewable energy. Any new infrastructure built to support fossil fuels expansion, such as coal mines, power plants, oil rigs and export terminals will be a waste of money and further lock us into a path to irreversible climate change.
ARIF FIYANTO
"Break Free: Stop Dirty Fossil Fuels, Expedite Transition to 100% Renewable Energy", EcoWatch, March 9, 2016
Fossil fuels are powerful and profitable, but they are also wasteful and harmful. As we move into a new era it's important to start thinking of energy that will push us forward, as opposed to just moving us around and powering the present world. Green energy is the way of the future.
EDGAR CERVANTES
"8 ways green energy is going to change the world", Android Authority, March 8, 2016
Alternative energy is no longer alternative. It's the most commercial now.
JOSE IGNACIO ESCOBAR
"Latin America is set to become a leader in alternative energy", The Economist, December 7, 2016
Fifteen years ago, when I joined the early ranks of clean energy entrepreneurs, we were nearly dead in the water on climate. Oil was $15 per barrel, Al Gore's groundbreaking movie An Inconvenient Truth hadn't come out and a solar panel was something that powered a calculator.
ANDREW BEEBE
"The death of 'alternative energy'", GreenBiz, August 16, 2017
To be sure, reaching the goal of 100 percent renewable and truly clean electricity within 10 years will require us to overcome many obstacles. At present, for example, we do not have a unified national grid that is sufficiently advanced to link the areas where the sun shines and the wind blows to the cities in the East and the West that need the electricity. Our national electric grid is critical infrastructure, as vital to the health and security of our economy as our highways and telecommunication networks. Today, our grids are antiquated, fragile, and vulnerable to cascading failure. Power outages and defects in the current grid system cost US businesses more than $120 billion dollars a year. It has to be upgraded anyway.
AL GORE
speech at Constitution Hall in Washington, D.C., Jul. 17, 2008