Richard E. Smalley

At some point, almost certainly
within this decade, we will peak in the
amount of oil that is produced worldwide… Innovations in nanotechnology and
other advances in materials science
would make it possible to transform our
vision of plentiful, low-cost energy into a
reality. [article by Nobel Prize winner]

“Energy is at the core of virtually every problem facing humanity. We cannot afford to get this wrong. We should be skeptical of optimism that the existing energy industry will be able to work this out on its own.”