Renewable Energy Laboratory

“Without radical international measures to reduce carbon emissions within the next 10 to 15 years, there is compelling evidence to suggest we might lose the chance to control temperature rises. Failure to act will make an increase of between 2 and 5 degrees [3.6 - 9°F] in average temperatures almost inevitable.” – Tony Blair, 2006

“It is extraordinary that a century into the age of oil, with the global economy dependent on $3 trillion worth of this black liquid each year, we don’t even know how much is left.” – David Manning, 2006

“While the Kyoto Protocol is a crucial step forward, that step is far too small. And as we consider how to go further still, there remains a frightening lack of leadership.” – Kofi Annan, 2006

“The planet has a fever. If your baby has a fever you go to the doctor. If the doctor says you need to intervene here, you don’t say, ‘Well, I read a science fiction novel that told me it’s not a problem.’ If the crib’s on fire, you don’t speculate that the baby is flame retardant. You take action.” [...]

“The higher relative prices of energy will create incentives for businesses to create new, energy-saving technologies and for energy consumers to adopt them. The market for alternative fuels is growing rapidly and will help to shift consumption away from petroleum-based fuels.” – Ben Bernanke, 2006

“Our children will enjoy in their homes electrical energy too cheap to meter.” – Lewis Lichtenstein Strauss, 1954.

“There is every possibility that you will soon be able to tax it.” – Michael Faraday, talking to William Gladstone on the future purpose of electricity.

“It is easier to split an atom than to break a prejudice.” – Albert Einstein,  the great theoretical physicist.

“We simply must balance our demand for energy with our rapidly shrinking resources. By acting now we can control our future instead of letting the future control us.” – Jimmy Carter, the 39th President of the United States and the recipient of the 2002 Nobel Peace Prize.

“The question is not whether climate change is happening or not, but whether, in the face of this emergency, we ourselves can change fast enough.” – Kofi Annan, the 7th Secretary-General of the United Nations.