How would you like it if the beaches of Florida were dug up to provide energy for West Virginia?

Sounds crazy, doesn’t it?

Unfortunately, this is, in essence, what Florida is doing to West Virginia.
A significant portion of the energy Florida uses is produced from coal from West Virginia. The coal is “mined” by blowing up mountains.

The people of West Virginia don’t really like their mountains being destroyed.
The question is… do you care?

If so, what are you going to do about it?

Once you watch this movie, Kilowatt Ours, you’ll understand:

•    where does most of your energy comes from?
•    what harm does it cause?
•    what are your options?

I highly recommend you watch this movie, to get it visit:

http://www.kilowattours.org/donate.php

Oh, and by the way, here’s another interest related resource I just found:

http://ilovemountains.org/

Learn more by searching for “mountaintop removal” on Google.com.

Have a great day,

Dan

It was good for heating water or making electricity, but not for transportation.

But with this…

… and checking out www.calcars.org to learn about electric vehicles (EVs), I’ve done a complete 180!

If you want to learn more, I highly recommend you check out:

Who Killed the Electric Car?

After 30 years of being in the solar industry, I was so wrong about what I thought solar energy could do.

Kinda humbling.

So, if I could have a wrong perception about solar energy after 30 years, I guess I could understand that YOU too could have a misconception about solar energy.

I think there’s a lot of people that don’t fully understand solar energy:

• How it works…
• What it can, and can’t do…
• When it could be applicable…
• Affordable… and
• A host of other questions.

But there’s a huge belief that solar energy is a good thing… a VERY good thing, in fact.

Here I am with my dad, and grandpa, in 1978 celebrating the Grand Opening of our new store in Cape Coral – at the very location we’re at today!

Back in the day, it wasn’t about ‘going green’ and ‘renewable energy’ – the gas crisis of the 70’s made solar pool heating much more attractive.

I was fortunate enough to be invited by my dad to participate in this wonderful new technology!

Solar pool heating has always been the most economically viable form of solar energy.  It’s always made economic sense.

Today, 35 years later, we’ve expanded our products to include more than just solar pool heat – we also offer:

• Solar Electric Power (or as we call it, photovoltaic (PV) power)
• Solar Water Heater
• Solar Lights
• Solar Attic Fan
• Pool Automation

What’s interesting is how the use of solar energy plays a big role in our goals today relating to ‘going green’ and committing to a sustainable future.

Who knew this is where I’d be today!

I’m really excited that we’re taking our business to a new level using the power of the Internet to help people just like you create your energy independence.

I’m extremely proud to introduce our new online initiatives:

• This very blog, www.GoSolarEnergyforLife.com
• Our Web Site, www.FafcoSolar.com
• Our LinkedIn Business Page, www.linkedin.com/companies/fafco-solar

I want to thank Charly, and his team at Internet Services Group of Florida, LLC, for helping create & deploy our online connection to you!  (Be sure to read his blog post about the Top 5 Results from Going Green).

It’s really important to me that you let me know if you have any questions, comments or suggestions, as well.

Thanks!

Dan