I wouldn't be against them (large wind turbines) if they actually worked. — James Lovelock Copy Share Image
Even if you accept the theory of man-made climate change, wind turbines are a rotten way to reduce CO2 emissions, or to… — Roger Helmer Copy Share Image
Wind turbines are imposing structures and definitely not the kind of thing one wants to see from a golf course. — Anne Murray Copy Share Image
If being original means having to throw paint in front of a jet turbine to hit a canvas 50 ft away then… — Shepard Fairey Copy Share Image
Onshore wind turbines are visually a very considerable intrusion on any landscape. — Tim Yeo Copy Share Image
In many countries, wind turbines pose the single greatest threat to bats after habitat loss and white-nose syndrome. — Michael Shellenberger Copy Share Image
“Wind turbines typically fail in abnormally high wind speeds, as that is when they are most stressed.” — Steven Magee Copy Share Image
Did you ever feel, as though you had something inside you that was only waiting for you to give it a chance… — Aldous Huxley Copy Share Image
“The size of the “needed” transition to renewables is staggering. The world used more than 20,000 terawatt-hours of electricity19 in 2010, and… — Steve Goreham Copy Share Image
The mountains and moors, the wild uplands, are to be staked out like vampires in the sun, their chests pierced with rows… — Paul Kingsnorth Copy Share Image
Is it a spiral of water in the tragic gleam of a revolver, an egg, a glistening arc or the floodgate of… — Tristan Tzara Copy Share Image
I used to think Cape Wind was a great idea. That was when Ted Kennedy was alive and railing about how he… — Howie Carr Copy Share Image
Hopelessly uneconomic on any substantial scale, since it requires a conventional power back-up for when the wind stops blowing, forests of wind… — Nigel Lawson Copy Share Image
You can power the entire U.S. vehicle fleet with 73,000 to 145,000 five-megawatt wind turbines. That would take between one and three… — Mark Z. Jacobson Copy Share Image
We must not let ourselves be swept off our feet in horror at the danger of nuclear power. Nuclear power is not… — David J. C. MacKay Copy Share Image
Granny Weatherwax was often angry. She considered it one of her strong points. Genuine anger was one of the world's greatest creative… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
We seem to forget that everything that is good for the environment is a job. Solar panels don't put themselves up. Wind… — Van Jones Copy Share Image
I think we've found a better solution on North Haven and Vinalhaven: Instead of paying increasing expensive electric bills every month, with… — Chellie Pingree Copy Share Image
The current anger at the march of turbines and pylons across the hills of Britain is not from nimbys. Government money has… — Simon Jenkins Copy Share Image
In case you haven't noticed, they're moving a lot faster. I don't know about the laws of physics on your planet, but… — Sherrilyn Kenyon Copy Share Image
I do not rush into constructive work. When I get an idea, I start right away to build it up in my… — Nikola Tesla Copy Share Image
When I get an idea I start at once building it up in my imagination. I change the construction, make improvements and… — Nikola Tesla Copy Share Image
Replacing half of the U.S. ground-transport fuels with hydrogen from wind power by 2050, for example, might require 1,400 gigawatts of advanced… — Joseph J. Romm Copy Share Image
And then the turbines generate electricity that goes into the whole town." "You mean they aren't powered by giant hamsters on wheels?… — Michael Grant Copy Share Image
Conventional turbines only work up to 200 feet, but capturing a small fraction of the global wind energy at higher altitudes could… — Saul Griffith Copy Share Image
I believe we are deluded about alternative energy. The key is, whatever we do, we're going to have to do on a… — James Howard Kunstler Copy Share Image
The famous statue of Christ the Redeemer that overlooks Rio de Janeiro is only 130 feet tall. McGuinty's eco-idols [Wind Turbines] will… — Ezra Levant Copy Share Image
“We are in the process of finding out what filling billions of acres with huge wind turbines does to the global environment.” — 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
I find those wind turbines around Lake George to be utterly offensive. I think they're just a blight on the landscape. — Joe Hockey Copy Share Image
People forget: solar panels don't put themselves up. Wind turbines don't manufacture themselves. Businesses don't retrofit themselves to waste less energy and… — Van Jones Copy Share Image
Franchement, quand je survole certains pays européens (les éoliennes) ne donne pas envie. (Frankly, when I fly over some European countries, their… — Nicolas Sarkozy Copy Share Image
Clearly, there are many places where diesel is king or gas-turbine is king, or IC engines will win, but there are many… — Dean Kamen Copy Share Image