Make Solar Energy Work for You
Solar works!
Based on Jonathan Cole's 27 years of experience in designing, building and living with solar energy systems, this book, in clear, concise language, spells out the path to successfully utilizing solar energy to supply your energy needs. Reading this will enable you and/or your contractor/installer to build a low-maintenance, cost-effective solar energy system that you can rely on for decades.
The dramatic, pressing need to get people to start taking individual responsibility for their energy-use habits has now reached a critical point. The quality of life of all future generations is hanging in the balance. We must change the way we use energy.
Light on the Earth: The Solar Option provides the knowledge and actions required to help reverse the dire consequences of the many unintended side-effects of the industrial revolution. From efficiency to low-waste strategies culminating in affordable, clean energy generation from the sun, the path to a bright clean world is within your reach.
No longer just a trendy subject matter for cocktail parties, sustainable living must be a strategy we adopt as a society to avoid a grim future of increasing poverty, collapsing health, social disintegration and the extinction of the biosphere. We are at the tipping point right now. The political process, too often in the pocket of industry will be glacial in changing our current course. We don't have the time - the people must vote with their pocketbooks and personal lifestyle choices,
Light On The Earth: The Solar Option is the first step on the way to a clean, green energy conscience while maintaining a high standard of living and it can recoup its purchase price many times over.
Save money!
1. Save money by learning about energy efficiency and how to find efficient appliances and equipment.
2. Save money by learning about tax benefits of utilizing solar energy for your home or small business.
3. Save Money by making sure you are not sold more than you need.
4. Save energy by learning how to identify and eliminate wasted energy.
5. Save the Eco-sphere by adopting clean, green energy technologies that transform solar light into heat and electricity.
6. Gain energy security by creating an uninterruptible solar powered energy system for your home.
7. Gain independence by controlling your own energy system.
8. Lose the continually increasing electric bill by installing solar power.
9. Get more life out of your appliances from the super-clean electrical power that comes from properly designed systems.
10. Have a solar manual that you can share with your electrician, contractor or installer to make sure they provide you with an affordable, cost-effective, reliable and maintainable solar system.
11. Have a clean, green energy conscience!