SOLAR POWER QUOTES II

quotations about solar power

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Solar power is a safe form of nuclear energy. We are using fusion reactions that are 93 million miles away to make light that we then convert to electricity with photovoltaic modules.

SEAN WHITE

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Needless to say, the implications of cheap solar power would be truly staggering, revolutionizing virtually every aspect of life and geopolitics. Potentially dangerous nuclear power would become obsolete; dirty energy sources like coal and oil would be a thing of the past; and the world would no longer have to kowtow to corrupt governments that just happen to be resource-rich.

MAX MILLER

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I must be running on solar power
Cause I'm ready to crank back up

BILLY CURRINGTON

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You know why we don't have solar energy? It's because the sun goes away each day, and it doesn't tell us where it's going!

LEWIS BLACK

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I'm a do-it-yourself kind of person. I look at it like a Canada Savings Bond, except that solar power is inflation proof.

GERRY PAGEAU

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Another big advantage of solar power is that the power source is free. While oil must be drilled, and coal and uranium must be mined, the source for solar power is simply sunlight. And unlike fossil fuels, the costs of solar energy never rise.

JIM OLLHOFF

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It would be great some day to have astronauts in a rover on Mars. But just about anyone except an oil company executive would say its more important to have 50 million solar powered vehicles in the United States.

BRAD SHERMAN

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I think we need to take positive steps toward space solar-power systems. We need to move in a step-by-step manner. It's a real possibility to have a great new energy source for mankind.

DANA ROHRABACHER

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The holy grail ... is being able to store solar energy for use when the sun isn't out.

JULIE FRANZ

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Solar panels are coming down dramatically in cost per watt. And as a result of that, the total amount of solar energy is growing, not linearly, but exponentially. It's doubling every 2 years and has been for 20 years. And again, it's a very smooth curve. There's all these arguments, subsidies and political battles and companies going bankrupt, they're raising billions of dollars, but behind all that chaos is this very smooth progression.

RAY KURZWEIL

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At the University of Michigan a team of experts has come up with a solar cell concept -- using an ancient Japanese craft -- that they say can track the sun in a highly effective way. Using kirigami -- a type of Japanese paper art similar to origami -- the team, which includes engineers and an artist, have developed what the university describes as, "an array of small solar cells that can tilt within a larger panel." It is this ability to tilt that enables the cells to follow the sun's rays.

ANMAR FRANGOUL

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While at least 20 states still burn fossil fuels for their electrical grid, solar energy is on the rise across the country. This is not only because of the newer understanding of why alternative energy is so important for the environment, but because ease of installation and overall cost has become more user-friendly; installing panels on your rooftop is no longer reserved for the wealthy or the corporate franchises.

DANIEL MATTHEWS

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In California, solar power is booming: The state leads the nation in solar production, and for a brief period on March 11, California pulled nearly 40 percent of its electricity from the sun.

JULIE FRANZ

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There is no shortage of solar and wind energy ... and prices are rapidly falling. We can build a clean energy future at modest cost if we want to.

ANDREW BLAKERS

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Solar power is no longer the "pipe dream of environmentalists," as much as the utility companies would like to have us believe it. While there are still two billion people in the world without access to electricity (and another billion who have it less than 10 hours per day), there are now 500,000 homes worldwide (mostly in Third World villages) powered by photovoltaics. They know something the utilities don't--that power from the sun is the best power you can get.

JOHN SCHAEFFER

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Rooftop solar power is getting cheaper and cheaper, and nowhere does that scare utilities more than in Arizona, where abundant sunshine makes solar an attractive option for many homeowners.

JEREMY DEATON

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After many years of environmental campaigns against the burning of fossil fuels and utilizing nuclear energy to power our homes, the consensus is finally coming through that alternative energy is the way of the future. Of all the available methods for home and business owners alike, solar energy has come out on top of being the most resourceful, effective, and financially advantageous.

DANIEL MATTHEWS

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Strung high on every pole
How can this power be bought and sold?
Trying to harness solar rays
Making minutes seem like days
It captivates, and it hypnotizes
Hear the power in the lines
Powerline

HUSKER DU

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Solar power is actually a bargain with the subsidies that are now available. The installed cost of solar has gone down 95 percent since 1970, and is expected to go down even more with massive deployment and thin-film technology in the near future. And who can put a cost on the health benefits of cleaner air and the environmental benefits of stopping or at least slowing global warming.

DAVID FREEMAN

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Though the initial cost may be partially offset by tax credits or the opportunity to sell excess electricity to a local utility, the cost of converting your home to solar power is hard to justify in purely monetary terms. Nevertheless, an increasing number of homeowners are opting for solar power.

MARTHA MAEDA

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