At a rate of about 53,000 pounds per person per year of
carbon dioxide emitted by the average American household (statistics attained
from the Nature Conservancy), our contribution to global warming is...enormous.
The average worldwide is 18 tons or 36,000 pounds per person.
Let's see, that means the average American adds about 1/3
more greenhouse gas per year than everyone else in the world. Does that make
you think a little more about the cost of not adopting on
grid inverter energy? Would you, like millions of other Americans, prefer
to be in the top 1/3 rather than the bottom 1/3?
Next, let's take a look at costs. One of the reasons solar
power adoption in developing countries has been exploding is that there are so
many places that would never be able to afford traditional solar power grid
tie inverter systems...or would have been on a waiting list forever... if
they were waiting for their utility company to install the power lines or pipes
for an on-the-grid traditional fossil fuel energy system. Contrast that with a
$200 solar collector placed on their roof that allowed someone the opportunity
to take their first hot shower...and once the $200 was paid off, every shower
thereafter was free. No Harvard-trained economist needed here.
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