Solar Quotes

331 Solar quotes by 241 unique authors

From solar to electric cars, from geothermal to reconfiguring the grid, the scale of investment needed in green technologies in order to meet whatever agreements… — Noreena Hertz
There is an urgent need to stop subsidizing the fossil fuel industry, dramatically reduce wasted energy, and significantly shift our power supplies from oil, coal,… — Bill McKibben
We have shown that solar-electrified villages can be technically and financially self-sufficient. — Bunker Roy
A century ago, scientists believed there was only one obvious stomping ground for alien biology in our solar system: Mars. Because it was reminiscent of… — Seth Shostak
The planets and moons of our solar system are blatantly visible because they reflect sunlight. Without the nearby Sun, these planets would be cryptic and… — Seth Shostak
Estimates are that at least 70 per cent of all stars are accompanied by planets, and since the latter can occur in systems rather than… — Seth Shostak
The Moon is a ball of left-over debris from a cosmic collision that took place more than four billion years ago. A Mars-sized asteroid -… — Seth Shostak
When the moon covers the sun, we have a solar eclipse. What do you call it when birds do that? — Kim Young-ha
Life is extremely resilient once it takes hold, but it requires rich chemistry, large energy sources, and stability, right from the beginning. The comparative planetology… — Dimitar Sasselov
We need to bring sustainable energy to every corner of the globe with technologies like solar energy mini-grids, solar powered lights, and wind turbines. — Ban Ki-moon
The source of all the energy is the sun. The big challenge is, how do you use all of that energy? Solar power has to… — George P. Shultz
Man is in a transition stage; he has 31 pairs of spinal nerves which keys him to the solar month, but the nerves in the… — Max Heindel
We may regard the solar systems as separate sponges, swimming in a World of Divine Spirit, and thus it will be apparent that in order… — Max Heindel
One SF prediction that I would like very much to see: Get solar collectors launched to beam energy back home, and get away from fossil… — Jack McDevitt
With sufficient water on the Moon, solar energy can be used to split the water into hydrogen and oxygen. The oxygen is, of course, critical… — Peter Diamandis
Thanks to the social web, we can share and trade to use a whole universe of things we once had to buy ourselves. From cars… — Lynn Jurich
We believe widespread adoption of home solar will significantly improve life in cities by phasing out polluting coal plants, eliminating miles of ugly new transmission… — Lynn Jurich
With the right infrastructure in place, home solar will be recognized publicly as affordable, easy, and smart, and every new home built in the developed… — Lynn Jurich
Before solar, before Sunrun, if consumers wanted electricity, there was a monopoly of someone who told you how much it costs. — Lynn Jurich
For every family in liberal San Francisco that went solar with SunRun in 2010, nearly eight families in more conservative Fresno made the switch to… — Lynn Jurich
The cosmic game changed forever in 1992. Before then, logic told us that there had to be other planets besides the nine (if you still… — Thomas Mallon
The romantic appeal of solar sailing has ensured that its advocates consistently come from the worlds of both science fiction and science fact. — Thomas Mallon
The green appeal of solar sailing - traveling by light, once chemical propellants have done their dirty job of orbital insertion - ought to be… — Thomas Mallon
While the circumnavigation of the solar system seems farfetched, it may not be once the problem of effective anti-gravitational control is solved. — Donald A. Wollheim
Once solved, the severe handicaps imposed on space exploration by the weight and chemical limitations of rockets would no longer apply. The whole timetable of… — Donald A. Wollheim

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