Take a look around you, it seems like everyone is jumping on the Green bandwagon these days. Fortunately it is not a fad. People are taking a look around themselves and around their environments and they are starting to see the damage that we have done to the earth.
Even in the last 50 years, the amount of damage done has been significant. While we cannot turn back the clock, we can clean up the mess we have made up until this point, and we can begin finding better ways to live that will lessen our impact on the environment. Consumers have begun to do their part; they are turning in their recyclables, they are conserving energy and heading cleanup efforts across the country and the world.
Luckily, more and more companies are following suit, and we are searching for ways to bring renewable energy to the forefront. While it remains that oil continues to be the cheaper route for us to go energy-wise, scientists and engineers are working day and night to improve the way we handle renewable sources, so that one day they can replace oil, and perhaps release some of the stranglehold that foreign oil seems to have over us. One of the most popular forms of renewable energy is solar power. The sun is constantly beaming powerful rays to us each and every day, and we have invented ways to harness that power.
While solar panels and solar powered items were not commonplace several years ago, they can be found in abundance these days. There are many homes out there with solar panels on the roofs, and some businesses as well. Some of these buildings have even become energy independent, and are actually putting energy back into the grid! Imagine if you saw the energy meter on your house running backwards instead of forwards!
This is only one of the many sources of renewable energy that we should be taking advantage of. It not only reduces our need for foreign oil, but it curbs the damage and pollution done by other forms of energy production and reduces our overall carbon footprint. If everyone continues to pitch in and we can keep moving forward with renewable energy, then we will not be too far from having complete energy independence, and we also will not be too far away from seeing a healthier planet; one that we can enjoy for generations to come.
Even in the last 50 years, the amount of damage done has been significant. While we cannot turn back the clock, we can clean up the mess we have made up until this point, and we can begin finding better ways to live that will lessen our impact on the environment. Consumers have begun to do their part; they are turning in their recyclables, they are conserving energy and heading cleanup efforts across the country and the world.
Luckily, more and more companies are following suit, and we are searching for ways to bring renewable energy to the forefront. While it remains that oil continues to be the cheaper route for us to go energy-wise, scientists and engineers are working day and night to improve the way we handle renewable sources, so that one day they can replace oil, and perhaps release some of the stranglehold that foreign oil seems to have over us. One of the most popular forms of renewable energy is solar power. The sun is constantly beaming powerful rays to us each and every day, and we have invented ways to harness that power.
While solar panels and solar powered items were not commonplace several years ago, they can be found in abundance these days. There are many homes out there with solar panels on the roofs, and some businesses as well. Some of these buildings have even become energy independent, and are actually putting energy back into the grid! Imagine if you saw the energy meter on your house running backwards instead of forwards!
This is only one of the many sources of renewable energy that we should be taking advantage of. It not only reduces our need for foreign oil, but it curbs the damage and pollution done by other forms of energy production and reduces our overall carbon footprint. If everyone continues to pitch in and we can keep moving forward with renewable energy, then we will not be too far from having complete energy independence, and we also will not be too far away from seeing a healthier planet; one that we can enjoy for generations to come.
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