About Quote by David J. C. MacKay

I would like to help people have honest and constructive conversations about energy. We need to understand how much energy our modern lifestyles use,…

— David J. C. MacKay

“This heated (environmental) debate is fundamentally about numbers. How much energy could each source deliver, at what economic and social cost, and with what…

— David Mackay

We need to inject some old-fashioned American values and common-sense, practical thinking into our energy policy.

— Michael Bloomberg

We can't be anti-everything - we need an energy plan that adds up. But there's a lack of numeracy in the public discussion of…

— David J. C. MacKay

Having an energy conversation without talking about climate is like talking about smoking and not talking about cancer.

— Chris Hayes

I was distressed by the poor quality of the debate surrounding energy. I was also noticing so much green wash from politicians and big…

— David J. C. MacKay

We need a proportional quantitative understanding of energy use, for everyone.

— Saul Griffith

The discussion about energy options tends to be an intensely emotional, polarised, mistrustful, and destructive one. Every option is strongly opposed: the public seem…

— David J. C. MacKay

I have a great deal of difficulty with those who live in a hugely prosperous country telling people in the developing world that they…

— Lee R. Raymond

You got to be just stupid to not be focused on alternative energy.

— Lewis Black

Today, it is especially difficult for most people to understand our perilous global energy situation precisely because it has never been more important to…

— Richard Heinberg

One is often so busy doing life that it is easy to avoid evaluating whether you are putting your energy in the direction you…

— Deborah Day