Improved energy productivity and renewable energy are both available in abundance—and new policies and technologies are rapidly making them more economically competitive with fossil fuels. In combination, these energy options represent the most robust alternative to the current energy system,… — Christopher Flavin Copy Share Image
The 1,230 gigawatts (GW) of renewable power generating capacity in place at the end of 2009 now constitutes just over 25 percent of total generating capacity worldwide. This is over three times nuclear generating capacity and roughly 38 percent of… — Christopher Flavin Copy Share Image
Building a world where we meet our own needs without denying future generations a healthy society is not impossible, as some would assert. The… — Christopher Flavin Copy Share Image
The sunlight ... that strikes Earth’s land surface in two hours is equivalent to total human energy use in a year. While much of… — Christopher Flavin Copy Share Image
The real potential of electricity lies not in providing social amenities but in stimulating long-term economic development — Christopher Flavin Copy Share Image
The challenge now is to renovate the baroque structure that the Kyoto Plan has become—or else scrap it and get ready to start all… — Christopher Flavin Copy Share Image
Sometimes electricity provides unexpected benefits. In a remote village in China's Fujian province in which young men have traditionally had a hard time finding… — Christopher Flavin Copy Share Image
Urgency and vision are the twin pillars on which humanity's hope now hangs. — Christopher Flavin Copy Share Image
Improved energy productivity and renewable energy are both available in abundance—and new policies and technologies are rapidly making them more economically competitive with fossil… — Christopher Flavin Copy Share Image
Already, China's world-leading solar industry provides water heating for 35 million buildings, and India's pioneering use of rainwater harvesting brings clean water to tens… — Christopher Flavin Copy Share Image
Renewable biofuels are meanwhile making inroads in the transportation fuels market and are beginning to have a measurable impact on demand for petroleum fuels,… — Christopher Flavin Copy Share Image
Within a few decades...the United States might get 30% of its electricity from sunshine... — Christopher Flavin Copy Share Image
The 1,230 gigawatts (GW) of renewable power generating capacity in place at the end of 2009 now constitutes just over 25 percent of total… — Christopher Flavin Copy Share Image
