There has never been a better time to go solar!!!!! Todays solar technology is more efficient then ever and the local and federal rebates/incentives have never been better. Take a look at a few of the great reasons to go solar. Fact: There are no by-products from generating electricity with photovoltaics. Fact: Energy prices will continue to go up. Generating your own electricity is your best insurance against the price volatility of electrical energy. Fact: A 5 kW PV system eliminates 11,323 pounds of CO2 emissions from the air in the first year alone. Fact: A solar electric system will increase the value of your home by the pre-rebate amount of the system, with no increase to your property taxes. Fact: Energy produced by conventional means creates noise. PV systems are completely silent. Fact: Solar modules have a 25 year warranty, and a life expectancy of 40 years. Fact: Every minute, the sun bombards the Earth with enough energy to supply its power needs for a year. Yet only 0.02 percent of all the electricity fed into the U.S. grid originates from sunlight… The world still largely relies on diminishing supplies of environmentally unfriendly and politically destabilizing fossil fuels.” SF Chronicle, April 14, 2003 Environmental Benefits Additionally: it has no risk of radiation, as does nuclear power (20% of US electric generation). it leaves the rivers alone to run freely, with nothing blocked or drowned, unlike hydroelectric plants (7% of US electric generation). It consumes or pollutes no water. it produces no waste in its production. It does not use a lot of land, since it is usually mounted on top of buildings. The fuel supply is unlimited. The sunshine will not diminish its supply by using it, unlike the fuels that supply 98% of the electricity you buy. The power is delivered to the production point by the sun, and its production is local to where it will be used, unlike the centralized system we have now.