“There's a limit to how much you can deploy renewables, like wind or solar. People will talk about getting up to 30 percent of America's power from renewables, but you can't get to 100 percent because of their unreliability.”

American inventor, scientist and businessman

Nathan Paul Myhrvold is an American inventor, scientist, and businessman. He is known for serving as chief technology officer at Microsoft, and for co-founding Intellectual Ventures and TerraPower. He is also the principal author of Modernist Cuisine and its follow-up books. His work spans technology, business, and food science, reflecting a career that moves between research, innovation, and writing.