For every 1 kw of energy saved or solar capacity (PV or Solar Hot Water) installed...

• 1,590 lbs/year less CO2 emissions, the primary source of global warming pollution

• 10.4 lbs/yr of SO2, a cause of acid rain

•  3.2 lbs/yr of NOX, a cause of both acid rain and ground level ozone, a component of "smog"

For every 1 kw of installed solar capacity, the energy equivalent of the following are produced (source – www.eia.doe.gov): 

• 404 lbs/year of coal, OR 

• 4,190 cubic feet/year of natural gas, OR

• 36 gallons/year of gasoline

Solar hot water in a home can save annually 15,400,000 BTU = 5,000 kwh, or 157 gal fuel oil, or 240 gal propane, or 220 therms natural gas.

Solar hot water in a home can reduce energy use and CO₂ production by 12.5%

Californians use 58% of the electricity per person per year as compared to the rest of the USA.   Europe uses approx 50% the electricity we do in spite of being in a much colder climate overall.  This means we need to work twice as hard as they do just to heat and cool our homes.  We need to be more efficient to be competitive.

The true costs of coal and nuclear energy include the cost of pollution ‘externalities’ so easily dismissed by corporate bean counters.  These externalities (see links) affect our health today; they affect our air, water, food, environment,  climate and our children.  Coal and nuclear energy receive huge government tax subsidies in the form of a nuclear depository, and mountaintop removal.  We believe we must change to a better (far better) electricity source.  We believe we must change it both personally and as a nation.

Want to do your part to preserve the earth?  Start today with our "15 Easy Things" brochure.  Click to download.