ALTERNATIVE ENERGY QUOTES III

quotations about alternative & renewable energy

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Alternative or clean energy is defined as energy coming from sources such as wind, biomass, hydroelectric and alternative fuels. For a long time the industry has been considered futuristic, unestablished, maybe even a little strange. But with efficient and affordable advances in technology, juicy state and federal tax incentives, and the ability to keep both jobs and cash local, alternative energy is no longer a fringe provider but a serious plan for the future.

PAT BARCAS

"Alternative energy may be the key to a self-sustaining economy for N.C.", Mountain Xpress, March 17, 2015


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


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 phrase 'alternative energy' is often deployed as a euphemism for options that don't seem to provide enough power to be worth the trouble. Yet almost all the big energy sources we use were once the alternative to what was being used before. There are many energy options in the works today that promise to power much more of our world tomorrow than what we often call 'alternatives.' These potentially huge solutions rarely receive the same attention.

KEN BRAUN

"Ken Braun: Tomorrow's alternative energy may be a big solution you haven't heard about today", Michigan Live, June 13, 2015


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


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

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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

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