Joe Kaeser Quotes

It's going to cost trillions of dollars to rework the energy sources all over the world. Were going to have to move away from fossil fuels.

Our nation's power plant fleet must include a mix of solar, wind, hydro, natural gas and nuclear plants.

I think the American people in many cases want to transform our energy system.

We're leading a fundamental shift from centralized energy to distributed energy. Energy will go in that direction, just like mainframe computers went to client servers, then to the Internet. I believe in solar, and the macro trends are just too undeniable.

And we have abundant natural energy resources in the country. We haven't been taking adequate advantage of them, and we can burn coal in a clean way; we could improve the grid.

It is critical that we have a comprehensive energy plan to provide affordable and reliable supplies of energy so that our economy will not be dependent on foreign sources of energy.

I think the cost of energy will come down when we make this transition to renewable energy.

Because we are now running out of gas and oil, we must prepare quickly for a third change, to strict conservation and to the use of coal and permanent renewable energy sources, like solar power.

The trouble with energy farming is that the energy isn't always where you want to use it, and it isn't always when you want to use it.

Ending our reliance on fossil fuels was never going to be easy.

We will work on maximizing the introduction of energy conservation and renewable energy, while lowering our dependence on nuclear power generation as much as possible.

Some challenges remain, but the bottom line is that low-carbon options can and should play a much greater role in energy supply.

As Governor of Colorado, I will continue to transition our state away from fossil fuels to more clean, renewable sources of energy.

We have to move toward renewable energy in a big way here in America.

We need to really get very serious about a transition toward new and renewable sources of energy.

Fossil fuel subsidies are a hand brake as we drive along the road to a sustainable energy future.

Our vision is to have the Seoul citizens produce and efficiently consume energy.

Our wisest long-term investment is not in the dirty polluting fossil fuels from the past, but in the clean energy of the future.

We need to reduce our dependence on foreign sources of energy.

If you had a really good - battery, it wouldn't matter that the sun goes down at night and the wind stops blowing sometimes. But at the moment, battery technology is nowhere near good enough to use at utility scale.

Even if we didn't have greenhouse gases, were going to have to move away from fossil fuels, as we're going to run out. They're finite, whereas solar and wind are infinite.

Beyond reducing individual use, one of our top priorities must be to move from fossil fuels to energy that has fewer detrimental effects on water supplies and fewer environmental impacts overall.

With the increasing demand for oil around the world and the rising costs in Oregon and throughout the nation, we must focus on the development of alternate energy sources, especially those that are clean, efficient and renewable.

I will work for energy policies that recognize oil won't last forever.

When it comes to climate and energy, Gates is a radical consumerist. In his view, energy consumption is good - it just needs to be clean energy.