Electricity 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

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

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

— Van Jones

Solar makes electricity expensive for two inherently physical reasons. Sunlight is dilute, requiring 10 to 15 times as much materials and mining, and up…

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

— Ed Begley, Jr

Today, wind is the cheapest energy in America; solar is not far behind. In time, fossil fuels will only get more and more expensive.

— Mark Ruffalo

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

— Michael Shellenberger

Energy is significantly underpriced in many parts of the world, leading to wasteful consumption, price volatility and fuel smuggling. It's also undermining the competitiveness…

— Fatih Birol

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 costs of solar energy across the world have come down so fast that its growth as a cheap, clean energy source has been…

— Barry Gardiner