The real potential of electricity lies not in providing social amenities but in stimulating long-term economic development — 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
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
The real potential of electricity lies not in providing social amenities but in stimulating long-term economic development — Christopher Flavin Copy Share
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
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
Urgency and vision are the twin pillars on which humanity's hope now hangs. — Christopher Flavin Copy Share
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
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
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
Within a few decades...the United States might get 30% of its electricity from sunshine... — Christopher Flavin Copy Share
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
