Why Go Solar?

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Government fuel bail-outs/subsidies are not solving our fuel problems. If the state of Maine spends the 3 billion dollars the Governor’s 90-member energy emergency task force recommended to help with the winter fuel crisis, the money will come from you, the working taxpayers, and you will be paying for a bail-out that costs more than it saves.

Our dependency on foreign oil is risky. Burning fuels such as oil, wood and coal pollute our environment.

Solar is a permanent, infinitely renewable, environmentally sound solution that can pay for itself quickly.

Did you Know?...

"...That on one single day, the sun sends 15,000 times as much energy to the Earth as we consume worldwide on a daily basis? A free supply that in contrast to fossil energy sources, such as oil and natural gas is available in limitless quantities! Solar power is the energy of the future - safe, clean and 100 % environmentally compatible.

... That in 15 minutes the sun radiates as much energy as mankind consumes in all forms, during an entire year?

...That in one day the sun radiates enough energy on the United States to power the entire nation for a year and a half? Not only that, but it does it every day - for free.

Solar power is a safe, clean and renewable energy resource that will no doubt play a vital role in powering our future."

- According to SMA Solar Technology www.SMA.de a leading PV manufacture in Germany, a country that gets 8% of it's power from solar energy.

Read about common misconceptions regarding solar power.