Dallas Kachan's quotes

Avast ye maties

November 29, 2008 - Cleantech.com Quote o' the week
"For those putting money to work this is a great time to have some dry powder."
— Nicholas Parker of the Cleantech Group in a cleantech state of the union webinar (full archive »)
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Hope them wagons float

November 2, 2008 - Cleantech.com Quote o' the week
"We'll circle the wagons and decide how to move forward."
— Dan Whaley, CEO of Climos, on a new ruling impeding large scale ocean fertilization (story »)
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Fork over carbon sequestration

September 16, 2008 - Cleantech.com Quote o' the week
"We're at a fork in the road. If we're not quite at the fork, we're standing up through the sunroof looking down the road at the fork."
— Dr. Tony Haymet, Director, Scripps Institute of Oceanography, at the Cleantech Forum in Washington D.C. on how the world needs to get serious about either coal CO2 sequestration or demand destruction
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Rebuilding NYC's transmission

August 20, 2008 - Cleantech.com Quote o' the week
"The blackout that hit New York and the Northeast five years ago was a wake-up call that it was time to change course and fast. The good news is that investment in transmission lines is up."
— New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, calling for more renewable power at a Las Vegas event (full story »)
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Laura Shenkar endorsement

August 1, 2008 - Cleantech.com Quote o' the week
"Your [webinar] was informative, with an eye to the special issues that affect cleantech, such as regulation and the international policy issues around climate change. Looking forward to seeing more!"
— Laura Shenkar, Principal, The Artemis Project
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Bovine excrement in Texas

July 31, 2008 - Cleantech.com Quote o' the week
"It's all certified. No bullsh*t in this."
— Richard Weir, EEStor president and CEO, on his company's ultracapacitor progress (full story »)
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If only Han Solo had had a carbon credit...

July 25, 2008 - Cleantech.com Quote o' the week
"The carbon credit industry was $64 billion last year. It's bigger than solar and wind combined. It's the biggest cleantech industry by a long shot, and it's only four years old."
— Neal Dikeman, co-founder and CEO of CarbonFlow (full article »)
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Coal mines switch to grass

July 20, 2008 - Cleantech.com Quote o' the week
"It's a pretty desolate, gray site. [There's] nothing really growing there."
— Eleanor Anderson of the Atlantic Coastal Action Program Cape Breton, helping remediate a toxic mining site with switchgrass (story »)
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No love from HQ

June 29, 2008 - Cleantech.com Quote o' the week
"Not a core competency."
— Siemens, describing its solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) operation in Pittsburgh and why it's up for sale (story »)
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Understatement of the week

June 18, 2008 - Cleantech.com Quote o' the week
“Non-supporters [are] criticizing us.”
— Jun Onishi of Genepax, after announcing fuel cell-like tech claiming to be able to make a car run on water (full story »)
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