Able Quote by Bill Gates

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

The value of solar and wind decline in economic value as they become larger shares of the electricity grid for physical reasons. They produce…

— Michael Shellenberger

The two most abundant forms of power on earth are solar and wind, and they're getting cheaper and cheaper...

— Ed Begley, Jr

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

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

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

— Michael Shellenberger

The laws of supply and demand drive up the price, inevitably, over time. But solar and wind are abundant and renewable resources.

— Van Jones

There's a big difference between needs and requirements for grid-based electricity versus those for distributed rural homes or remote locations, or even rooftop solar,…

— Vinod Khosla

Both solar and wind produce too much energy when societies don't need it, and not enough when they do.

— Michael Shellenberger

A large-scale wind, water and solar energy system can reliably supply the world’s needs, significantly benefiting climate, air quality, water quality, ecology and energy…

— Mark Z. Jacobson

You might say, well, aren't people saying that about wind and solar today? Not really. Only in the super-narrow sense that the capital costs…

— Bill Gates

“The size of the “needed” transition to renewables is staggering. The world used more than 20,000 terawatt-hours of electricity19 in 2010, and the 160,000…

— Steve Goreham