Solar power is clean, renewable and cost effective, but it also needs time to develop. Votes: 4
J. D. HayworthSolar power is the last energy resource that isn't owned yet - nobody taxes the sun yet. Votes: 4
Bonnie RaittTry everything. Do everything. Nuclear. Biomass. Coal. Solar. You name it. I support them all. Votes: 3
T. Boone PickensThe Venus transit is not a spectacle the way a total solar eclipse is a spectacle. Votes: 2
Neil deGrasse TysonI felt like I might as well have been living in another part of the solar system. Votes: 2
Bob DylanThe use of solar energy has not been opened up because the oil industry does not own the sun. Votes: 2
Ralph NaderWe have shown that solar-electrified villages can be technically and financially self-sufficient. Votes: 0
Bunker RoyThis afternoon, I've arranged for this ceremony to be illuminated by solar power. Votes: 0
Jimmy CarterOnce you get to earth orbit, you're halfway to anywhere in the solar system. Votes: 0
Robert A. HeinleinThe Department of Defense, the largest single energy consumer in America, is bullish on solar. Votes: 0
Bernie SandersWe're going to understand that there is life on other bodies in the solar system. Votes: 0
Ellen StofanRichard Meier told me, 'Young man, solar energy has nothing to do with architecture,' Votes: 0
William McDonoughSome think that solar work is pretty well played out. In reality, it is only beginning. Votes: 0
George Ellery HaleI think we have a good chance of surviving long enough to colonize the solar system. Votes: 0
Stephen HawkingEvery three weeks, we bring online as much solar power as we did in all of 2008. Votes: 0
Barack ObamaA writer's mind seems to be situated partly in the solar plexus and partly in the head. Votes: 0
Ethel WilsonThe brain weighs only three pounds, yet it is the most complex object in the solar system. Votes: 0
Michio KakuAnybody with any sense knows the whole solar system will go up like a celluloid collar by-and-by. Votes: 0
Kurt VonnegutI just feel like making things solar-powered and wind-powered should be as easy as using an iPad. Votes: 0
BjorkThe only thing that really scales up apart from nuclear is solar power from other people's deserts. Votes: 0
David J. C. MacKayMars is the only place in the solar system where it's possible for life to become multi-planetarian. Votes: 0
Elon MuskThe roof of my house is covered in solar panels. When Im home, Im a pretty green fellow. Votes: 0
Bill McKibbenThe roof of my house is covered in solar panels. When I'm home, I'm a pretty green fellow. Votes: 0
Bill McKibbenWhen the moon covers the sun, we have a solar eclipse. What do you call it when birds do that? Votes: 0
Young-Ha KimWhen the moon covers the sun, we have a solar eclipse. What do you call it when birds do that? Votes: 0
Kim Young-haForm may be of more account than substance. A lens of ice will focus a solar beam to a blaze. Votes: 0
George IlesMy house is covered in solar panels, I'm a great believer in all this - we all should be doing this. Votes: 0
Bill McKibbenLa ambición de poder es una mala hierba que sólo crece en el solar abandonado de una mente vacía
Ayn RandLa ambición de poder es una mala hierba que sólo crece en el solar abandonado de una mente vacía.
Ayn RandBattering down solar cells on the roofs of Wal-Marts in California. I think that will be some of the highest-return investments that anyone ever makes. Votes: 4 Jeremy Grantham
The Venus transit is not a spectacle the way a total solar eclipse is a spectacle. Votes: 5 Neil deGrasse Tyson
It's very dangerous to put astronauts on a moon base where there's radiation, solar flares and micro meteorites. It'd be much better to put robots on the moon and have them mentally connected to astronauts on the Earth. Votes: 3 Michio Kaku
Already renewable energy advocates are noting that the 42 miles of above-ground right-of-way between Yosemite and the city could be fitted with enough solar panels to generate at least 40 megawatts per year - a proposal the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission has never seriously considered because they currently aren't required to do so. Votes: 2 Matt Gonzalez
Solar Power Seen Meeting 20% of Needs by 2000; Carter May Seek Outlay Boost Votes: 6 Walt Mossberg
I've been told that I have a lot of energy. The secret is that I use renewable resources. Some days I'm solar powered. Some days I'm wind powered. And some people in this room might think I'm hybrid gas-powered. You'll just have to guess which it is today. Votes: 4 Bill Richardson
All of this got me thinking about the history of the westward expansion, and got me to wondering how the exploration of the Solar System would be changed if there were an indigenous presence out there. Votes: 8 Sarah Zettel