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Utility
costs are soaring. Demand for power has risen more than 60%
in the past 27 years. Electric power plants are the number one
source of industrial pollution in the United States.
Each day
more energy falls to the Earth from the sun's rays than the
total amount of energy the planet's 6+ billion human inhabitants
would consume in 27 years.
The
time has come . . .
Now,
clean energy is an attractive and cost effective solution.
 
Depending
upon the system you choose and where you're located, you can reduce
or eliminate your electric bill entirely. In fact, when your electricity
production exceeds the demands of your own home or office, your meter
actually spins backwards & the utility company credits you for the
power you produce!
Clean
Energy For A Sustainable America. . .
Using
renewable energy technologies can convert solar energy into electricity,
heating, and even cooling. Growing energy demands, increasing environmental
problems and declining fossil fuel resources have made us look to
alternative energy options. Now, we can focus our attention on utilizing
this truly tremendous renewable resource.
Solar electric systems are highly accessible, have no moving parts
and will last.
Even while photovoltaic (photo - light and voltaic - voltage
producing) or PV cells employ sophisticated semiconductor devices,
they are easy to obtain and utilize at your own home or office.
We
live in a world of finite resources, which are becoming more depleted
every day. With over 6 billion humans and billions of other life
forms relying on the same planetary resources, our survival depends
upon how we utilize these resources. Culture and politics aside,
it has simply become a matter of numbers. We have developed abilities
in agriculture, manufacturing and communications which all rely
on abundant energy. The search for gathering and refining of energy
has always been fraught with dangers, both to our environment and
to our persons. There never has been abundant fossil fuel sources
of energy, though certain parties would like us to think so.
Now, the simple fact is that, due to new technologies, we no longer
need - nor can we afford to maintain - the vastly expensive grid
work of electrical and other transmission infrastructure that has
been developed in the past. Almost every home in the United States
could be powered by renewable energy of some kind to a greater or
lesser extent, thus drastically lowering our cost of infrastructure
and energy development. All of this would be reflected in a myriad
of benefits, in both the short and long term. If we start
now. . . we may all have a chance. We simply must ask ourselves:
what kind of world (if any) do we want to leave behind?
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