Economic & Environment
   

Clean, reliable, durable and cost effective is today's energy needs. Around the world, remote homes, communications stations, lighting systems, navigational equipment and entire villages are powered by the sun. 

Oil supplies and prices may fluctuate, but the sun always shines. Solar is a renewable energy source; there will always be more available. In fact, in 40 minutes, the United States receives more energy in the form of sunlight than it does from the fossil fuels it burns in a year. (Renewable Energy Sources for Fuels and Electricity, 1993 Island Press.)

Solar energy is non-polluting. Unlike burning fossil fuels that emit carbon dioxide and other noxious gases which are linked to health problems, global warming and deforestation, solar directly converts the energy of the sun into energy humans can use without harmful by-products.

Solar does not damage the land or environment where it is located. It is easily installed directly at the point of application, where the energy is needed, or on the ground, easily blending into the surrounding habitat. Hydroelectric, nuclear and fossil fuel power plants require vast amounts of land; their damming, emissions, waste and cooling can harm the surrounding habitat. 

Moreover, the sun's energy is free. Countries and individuals do not need to purchase fuel for a solar systems or depend on fuel supplies from unreliable sources. Solar is a free, plentiful, non-polluting, reliable source of energy for today and tomorrows energy needs.