Nathan Myhrvold Quotes & Sayings (Page 9)

“If you had a really good - battery, it wouldn't matter that the sun goes down at night and the wind stops blowing sometimes. But at the moment, battery technology is nowhere near good enough to use at utility scale.”

“Mankind is not special by virtue of our address in the universe, or what spins around us, or because life originated here. Slowly, but surely, we've been compelled to renounce the comfort of these beliefs.”

“The world has shown that if you provide capital and expertise to an area that is starved for capital and expertise, really good things will happen.”

“If I want popularity, I go to a chef's convention.”

“It's impossible that we're alone in the universe. Every time we think we're more special than others, we're proven wrong.”

“One of the ugly secrets of the renewable-energy industry is that its products make no economic sense unless they are highly subsidized.”

“Raw lobster tail, freeze dried, is amazing.”

“An efficient government is dangerous in the hands of the wrong man. Sadly, the right sort of man never seems interested in the job.”

“By burning nuclear waste as fuel, we believe we can power the United States cleanly for hundreds of years without ever touching new resources.”

“For relatively modest amounts of sulfur dioxide injected into the atmosphere, you could easily cool Earth by 1% or more, if you want.”