On Technology & Politics

"Another myth is that we have all the technology we need to solve the energy problem, and it is only a matter of political will. Political will is absolutely necessary, but we need new technologies. We have several generations of scientists who believe that it is possible to make incredibly efficient photovoltaic cells that are much, much cheaper than what we have today. The price of photovoltaic will go down by a factor of two or three. You can bank on it." —National Clean Energy Summit, August 2008