“If some of these folks were around when Columbus set sail, they probably would have been founding members of the Flat Earth Society. Maybe they would have agreed with one of the pioneers of the radio who apparently said, “Television won’t last. It’s a flash in the pan.” … They might have even sided with one of my predecessors, President Rutherford B. Hayes, who reportedly said this about the telephone: “It’s a great invention but who would ever want to use one?””
- President Barack Obama on the critics of a clean energy future, in Maryland today. (via barackobama)
- President Barack Obama on the critics of a clean energy future, in Maryland today. (via barackobama)