We have these 100 mms delays, you know, our attention is on our PDA, we're always in a rush. We drive around in these 4,000 pound metal wombs, these 4,000 pound containment systems to protect us from these 6,000 pound cars from smacking us.

Every generation feels it has the problems that will destroy it. That's because we can perceive them a long time before we have the ability to fix them.

We live in a world bathed in 5,000 times more energy than we consume as a species in the year, in the form of solar energy.

The paradigm I want to change is that, you can have a car that is beautiful, manufacturable, affordable, safe, fast, and oh, by the way, does 100 mpg, or its energy equivalent. Why wouldn't you?

The best way to become a billionaire is to help a billion people.

One of my goals is to reinvent philanthropy.

Back in 2007, I had the opportunity to meet Professor Stephen Hawking through the X PRIZE Foundation. In my first conversation with him I learned that he was passionate about flying into space someday.