Backup Quote by Amory Lovins

The fact that solar has gone down 80 percent since 2008 is astonishing. Wind is perhaps not coming down as quickly. Lack of storage…

— Christiana Figueres

Wind and solar power are land-intensive, a green sin, but not energy-dense, and affordable only when heavily subsidized. And wind power must be supplemented…

— Mark McKinnon

Humankind has never transitioned to energy sources that are more costly, less reliable, and have a larger environmental footprint than the incumbent - and…

— Michael Shellenberger

Twenty-six states have passed renewable portfolio standards, which simply says somewhere between 15% and 30% of their electricity will come from renewables by such-and-such…

— Brian Schweitzer

It's important to understand that oil and renewables do different things. Wind and solar are for power generation, so they don't replace oil. About…

— T. Boone Pickens

Sunlight and wind are inherently unreliable and energy-dilute. As such, adding solar panels and wind turbines to the grid in large quantities increases the…

— Michael Shellenberger

Even though I love solar and love wind, like most people do, I like the renewable sources, they alone are not going to get…

— Mitt Romney

One of the biggest issues with renewables right now is the fact that if the wind isn't blowing, if the sun isn't shining, we…

— Katharine Hayhoe

Sometimes I think the Congress feels that if you only decided tomorrow to switch to wind power that in two years we'd be getting…

— Paul R. Ehrlich

Intermittency [in availability for wind and solar] changes the economics, particularly this requirement that the power company at all times be able to require…

— Bill Gates

The underlying problem with solar and wind is that they are too unreliable and energy-dilute.

— Michael Shellenberger

There's a limit to how much you can deploy renewables, like wind or solar. People will talk about getting up to 30 percent of…

— Nathan Myhrvold