Environmental Benefits
The average American household produces 22,000 lbs. Of CO2 per year, twice as much as the average car according to the EPA. Installing a solar system on your home could be the equivalent to:
- Eliminating thousands of miles of driving
- Planting hundreds of new trees
Did You Know?
- Every 5,000 kilowatt hours of power a solar panel array generates is equivalent to taking 3 metric tons of carbon out of the environment.
- Every hour the sun beams enough energy to the earth to meet the entire planet’s energy needs for an entire year.
- Satellites orbiting the earth use solar energy to operate
- Solar energy has increased by around 20% per year over the last 15 years
Source: National Geographic
How You Can Help
Until we get that moon colony up and running, we humans have only this single planet to share. The decisions of one affect us all. In the face of growing climate change, you can make the decision to harness that natural, abundant, and clean energy of the sun to help power your home. Your solar panels can:
- Help reduce your use of energy derived from non-renewable resources, like coal and oil
- Significantly reduce your carbon footprint each month
- Feed energy back into the grid, providing your neighbors and community with renewable solar energy
- Provide renewable solar energy for your home for up to 30 years or more
The environmental impact of solar energy is…nothing beyond the cost of creating and installing the panels themselves. Sunlight is free and abundant. The more sunlight we use to power our homes, the less coal, gas, and nuclear energy we need! If you want to tread lightly upon the planet and help usher in a new energy future, then consider making a statement in support of the planet by placing solar panels on your roof.