Solar is the solution to pollution

The only real solution to climate change is individual responsibility. We must all be more conscious of our energy choices. Whenever possible, we must install solar panels so we can generate our own power without polluting our environment. Humankind has passed a remarkable environmental milestone. People now consume more of the planet’s natural resources than we can replace. Pollution control technologies and renewable energy resources seem destined to become big business during the 21st century.

First things first: we must clean the air

Burning fossil fuels releases carbon dioxide (CO2) into the atmosphere, contributing to global warming. Since the US Industrial Revolution began about 200 years ago, the amount of CO2 (the principal greenhouse gas) emitted to the atmosphere--primarily due to the expanding use of fossil fuels for energy--has grown from about 280 parts per million to 370 ppm, according to the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Department of Energy (DOE). Estimates for the future do not predict lower numbers: A recent EPA report, for example, estimates that US greenhouse gas emissions will increase 43% by 2020. Are they factoring the major solar expansion into these dire projections?

The oceans are in trouble too

The world's oceans serve as the planet's primary carbon dioxide receptacle. Oceanic plants and microbes use the CO2 as their main carbon source, recycling it through photosynthesis. "Over the last century, the amount of carbon dioxide--not carbon but carbon dioxide itself--that has been put into the ocean is more than 300 billion tons," says ocean chemist Peter Brewer, senior scientist at the Monterey Bay Aquarium and Research Institute (MBARI) in northern California. "Right now, about 20 million tons a day of carbon dioxide goes into the surface waters of the ocean, globally, and it's getting slowly mixed down into the deep." As the Co2 penetrates the surface, it dissolves into the water and appears as a 'tracer' field, a highly concentrated stream of CO2 that is circulated and diluted over time, becoming mixed and transported via the general oceanic circulation.

There has never been a better time to install a solar power system!

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