Problem Quote by Michael Shellenberger

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

— Michael Shellenberger

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

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

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

I'm all for alternative forms of energy, including wind, including solar, et cetera. But we need much more than wind and solar.

— Donald Trump

It's a lot harder to push forward things, like energy policy. There's a big dream out there about wind and solar power.

— Zephyr Teachout

There is more energy locked up in sources around the solar system than we could ever reasonably expect to need, the problem would be…

— Wilson Greatbatch

If solar and wind farms are needed to protect the natural environment, why do they so often destroy it?

— Michael Shellenberger

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

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 water, nor…

— Van Jones

Most people think of solar and wind as new energy sources. In fact, they are two of our oldest.

— Michael Shellenberger