Solar Cells Quotes

• Battering down solar cells on the roofs of Wal-Marts in California. I think that will be some of the highest-return investments that anyone ever makes.

  Jeremy Grantham

  Thinking, Cells, California

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• Plants with leaves no more efficient than today's solar cells could out-compete real plants, crowding the biosphere with an inedible foliage. Tough omnivorous bacteria could out-compete real bacteria: They could spread like blowing pollen, replicate swiftly, and reduce the biosphere to dust in a matter of days. Dangerous replicators could easily be too tough, small, and rapidly spreading to stop - at least if we make no preparation. We have trouble enough controlling viruses and fruit flies.

  K. Eric Drexler

  Real, Cells, Dust

  K. Eric Drexler (1986). “Engines of creation”, Anchor Books

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• We presently have the technology ... fuel cells, solar cells, hydrogen ... the opportunities are amazing for clean energy.

  Denis Hayes

  Technology, Opportunity, Cells

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• The foundation is being laid for the emergence of both wind and solar cells as cornerstones of the new energy economy.

  Lester R. Brown

  Cells, Wind, Foundation

  Lester R. Brown, Michael Renner (2014). “Vital Signs 1999-2000: The Environmental Trends That Are Shaping Our Future”, p.16, Routledge

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• The foundation is being laid for the emergence of both wind and solar cells as cornerstones of the new energy economy. World wind generating capacity grew from 7,600 megawatts in 1997 to 9,600 in 1998, an expansion of 26 percent. At a national level, Germany led the way, adding 790 megawatts of capacity, followed by Spain with 380 megawatts, and the United States with 226 megawatts. In the past, U.S. wind generating capacity was concentrated in California, but in 1998, wind farms began generating electricity in Minnesota, Oregon, and Wyoming, broadening the new industry's geographical base.

  Lester R. Brown

  Past, Oregon, California

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• Variable but forecastable renewables (wind and solar cells) are very reliable when integrated with each other, existing supplies and demand. For example, three German states were more than 30 percent wind-powered in 2007 - and more than 100 percent in some months. Mostly renewable power generally needs less backup than utilities already bought to combat big coal and nuclear plants' intermittence.

  Amory Lovins

  Cells, Wind, Coal

  "Missing the Market Meltdown". www.newsweek.com. May 17, 2008.

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