Green Energy Revolution Quotes

Here's what I think the truth is: We are all addicts of fossil fuels in a state of denial, about to face cold turkey. And like so many addicts about to face cold turkey, our leaders are now committing violent crimes to get what little is left of what we're hooked on.

Rome wasn't built in a day, and we won't replace fossil fuels with clean energy based on the events of a single week, either. But the important thing to remember is that, once they happen, clean energy victories are irreversible. No one will tear down wind farms because they are nostalgic for fracking in our watersheds. And nobody will pull down their solar panels because they miss having mercury in their tuna or asthma inhalers for their kids. Because once we leave fossil fuels behind, we are never going back.

Sustainable energy is the equivalent of the U.S. moon shot.

I'm extremely confident that solar will be at least a plurality of power, and most likely a majority... in less than 20 years.

India has been developing its green energy resources.

Moving to 100 percent renewable energy means we no longer need and can no longer justify wars for oil.

The profits of oil, coal, and natural gas companies will have to yield to the imperative of sustaining life on earth.

The salient fact about the decades ahead is that we are entering a permanent global energy crisis and it will change everything about how we live.