Our goal is to turn solar electric technologies into a commodity business like computer chips, and make them ubiquitous in the built environment. I'd couple this with a huge commitment to fundamental research in nanostructure to goose the next generation of more efficient, cheaper, dematerialized cells. And if I'm truly czar, I'd emphasize silicon technologies, as that approach is the one least likely to encounter material constraints in supplying an explosive global demand.
We shouldn't fuel the future with the polluting methods of the past, ... We have the technology to power our future in ways that don't threaten our h… - Denis Hayes
We shouldn't fuel the future with the polluting methods of the past, ... We have the technology to power our future in ways that don't threaten our h…
- Denis Hayes
By the year 2000, such renewable energy sources could provide 40 percent of the global energy budget; by 2025, humanity could obtain 75 percent of it… - Denis Hayes
By the year 2000, such renewable energy sources could provide 40 percent of the global energy budget; by 2025, humanity could obtain 75 percent of it…
I feel more confident than ever that the power to save the planet rests with the individual consumer. - Denis Hayes
I feel more confident than ever that the power to save the planet rests with the individual consumer.
Under communism, prices were not allowed to reflect economic reality. Under capitalism, prices don't reflect ecological reality. In the long run, the… - Denis Hayes
Under communism, prices were not allowed to reflect economic reality. Under capitalism, prices don't reflect ecological reality. In the long run, the…
Earth Day gathered up those strands, and dozens more, and knitted them together in the public consciousness as "environmental" issues. The nation was… - Denis Hayes
Earth Day gathered up those strands, and dozens more, and knitted them together in the public consciousness as "environmental" issues. The nation was…
Whether you are buying a car or casting a ballot, choosing a job or planning a family, follow your moral compass. Don't let others define you. Don'… - Denis Hayes
Whether you are buying a car or casting a ballot, choosing a job or planning a family, follow your moral compass. Don't let others define you. Don'…
Listen up, you couch potatoes: each recycled beer can saves enough electricity to run a television for three hours. - Denis Hayes
Listen up, you couch potatoes: each recycled beer can saves enough electricity to run a television for three hours.
We got everyone's attention, but we didn't solve any environmental problems. - Denis Hayes
We got everyone's attention, but we didn't solve any environmental problems.
When civilization stands at the edge of a cliff, a step forward doesn't make much sense. - Denis Hayes
When civilization stands at the edge of a cliff, a step forward doesn't make much sense.
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