“I’d put my money on the sun and solar energy. What a source of
power! I hope we don’t have to wait until oil and coal run out
before we tackle that.” — Thomas Edison
Everyday we are bombarded through the news about global warming,
climate, change, energy problems, skyrocketing oil prices, the war
in Iraq, and the FACT that we NEED to achieve energy independence
through clean, renewable power.
Solar power has incredible potential to help solve these problems.
In fact, enough solar energy shines upon the Earth each day to
supply all of world's electrical needs for the next 26 years.
But, solar power has failed to reach the masses because it is too
complicated and too expensive. Until now, solar power failed to
reach broad market acceptance for three major reasons:
- Once you amortized the cost of the system, it was about four
times more expensive than energy from coal or natural gas.
- It required a large investment from the customer, the
average Solar Power System costs $40,000.
- The customer had to understand and select, then maintain and
repair the equipment.
Most people do not have the tens of thousands of dollars required
for traditional solar. Americans are simply never going to convert
to clean power if they have to lay out tens of thousands of dollars
and pay more for their electricity. In fact, in the last 30 years
only about 40,000 homeowners have upgraded to produce their own
solar electricity.
Well, we are about to dramatically change
all of that.