One SF prediction that I would like very much to see: Get solar collectors launched to beam energy back home, and get… — Jack McDevitt Copy Share Image
“A person who avoids sunlight may eventually develop solar radiation deficiency sickness.” — Steven Magee Copy Share Image
“Putting solar photovoltaics into cloudy cities is like putting wind turbines in places where there is little wind!” — Steven Magee Copy Share Image
“It is inevitable that there will come a time when mankind will go out more at night and stay indoors during the… — Nabil N. Jamal Copy Share Image
I hope that by 2050 the entire solar system will have been explored and mapped by flotillas of tiny robotic craft. — Martin Rees Copy Share Image
When you have solar panels, your electricity gets there for free, no one's figured out how to meter the sun yet. And… — Bill McKibben Copy Share Image
Maine needs a comprehensive solar policy that brings us into the 21st century. — Sara Gideon Copy Share Image
I'm an advocate for a full spectrum of energy policy, but we're never going to get there with solar cells that are… — Ryan Zinke Copy Share Image
“The Sun contains most of the mass of the solar system (99.9 percent) in a ball whose diameter is about 100 times… — Joanne Baker Copy Share Image
Thanks to the social web, we can share and trade to use a whole universe of things we once had to buy… — Lynn Jurich Copy Share Image
“When we flood our creative problem-solving mind with the endorphins of gratitude, we are open to receiving the spectacular solutions that are… — Natalie Pace Copy Share Image
In the United States alone, 450 billion square feet of glass facade is produced every year. What if we could take this… — Neri Oxman Copy Share Image
You know, one of the great things about most renewable technologies - not every technology, but many of them - is the… — Vinod Khosla Copy Share Image
Since I work in home solar, I can't resist focusing on the amazing developments happening here. What many homeowners don't know is… — Lynn Jurich Copy Share Image
Solar power - the costs have dramatically fallen, far faster than anyone has speculated. It's probably one of the greatest steps forward… — Ed Davey Copy Share Image
My studio cube is an experiment in solar heating and design. The south wall is covered with glass planks that collect and… — Steven Holl Copy Share Image
I think we have a good chance of surviving long enough to colonize the solar system. — Stephen Hawking Copy Share Image
The solar system is completely wide open. Almost anywhere we go, I'm sure we would learn a lot. — Alan Stern Copy Share Image
“I would not work at a solar farm again, due to the dangers they contain.” — Steven Magee Copy Share Image
We're going to find Marses and maybe Earths out in the solar system's attic of the Oort Cloud and the Kuiper Belt. — Alan Stern Copy Share Image
The roof of my house is covered in solar panels. When I'm home, I'm a pretty green fellow. — Bill McKibben Copy Share Image
The use of solar energy has not been opened up because the oil industry does not own the sun. — Ralph Nader Copy Share Image
The main problem with solar on the Earth's surface is that it is so intermittent, and we don't have decent storage yet. — Stewart Brand Copy Share Image
“Regarding solar power systems, the bigger the system is, the more likely it may go on fire.” — Steven Magee Copy Share Image
If anyone has a vested interest in space solar power, it would have to be me. — Elon Musk Copy Share Image
Solar power is clean, renewable and cost effective, but it also needs time to develop. — J. D. Hayworth Copy Share Image
The only thing that really scales up apart from nuclear is solar power from other people's deserts. — David J. C. MacKay Copy Share Image
It doesn't matter how many solar panels you install if you don't simultaneously shut down coal and gas burners. — George Monbiot Copy Share Image
When the moon covers the sun, we have a solar eclipse. What do you call it when birds do that? — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“He exuded wisdom-even the wisest...were pale, flickering candles next to the nourishing solar illumination of [his] insights.” — Aprilynne Pike Copy Share Image
“The bigger the solar photovoltaic system is, the more likely it is to go on fire!” — Steven Magee Copy Share Image
Neither solar nor wind are actually substitutes for coal or natural gas or oil. — Michael Shellenberger Copy Share Image
There are about 46,000 jobs supported by the solar industry right now. That's fewer than it should be, too. And you have… — Van Jones Copy Share Image
The green appeal of solar sailing - traveling by light, once chemical propellants have done their dirty job of orbital insertion -… — Thomas Mallon Copy Share Image
“Very few people that have installed solar photovoltaics (PV) on their home have realized that by spending an additional five thousand dollars… — Steven Magee Copy Share Image
I drive a hybrid, and we've changed our light bulbs and windows and installed solar panels and geothermal ground source heat pumps… — Al Gore Copy Share Image
“It really should be a criminal offense for an electrician to mount a breaker box on a bedroom wall. Unfortunately, I see… — Steven Magee Copy Share Image
Solar and wind are now cheaper in many places than some fossil fuels and within the next two years, three, four, five… — Jeremy Rifkin Copy Share Image
The total amount of energy we use every year - from coal, oil, natural gas, hydro, nuclear, and everything else - is… — Ramez Naam Copy Share Image
Solar storms cause power outages. They pose a hazard to satellites. They might interfere with your GPS or send your compass a… — Jocelyn Bell Burnell Copy Share Image