World Solar Day 2014
World Solar Day 2014
The World
Solar Day is being held nationally in the Canada, the U.S. and UK on Saturday,
June 18 and in Australia on November 19 with events by cities, non-profits,
companies and the solar industry. The objective of observing the Solar Day is
to encourage public participation and awareness of how solar energy can reduce
monthly energy bills - while providing much-needed "green" jobs for
the economy. Growing from one event for Solar Day 2009 - a bio-diesel buses
tour of solar homes and businesses hosted by the City of San Francisco – Solar
Day in 2010 grew to events hosted by cities and the solar industry in 26 U.S.
cities. Multiple cities issued proclamations declaring an Official Solar Day
for their city events.
Buying a
solar installation costing some million rupees for a home or business is one
time investment and perhaps the ultimate economic commitment for both a green
lifestyle and working environment. Solar can be thought of as the next step in
the "Greening of Globe" movement that includes driving a hybrid car,
shopping for organic and sustainably-farmed foods, doing business with green
companies, recycling, saving energy and avoiding, as much as possible the
burning of finite and polluting fossil fuels that play a significant role in
the production of greenhouse gases and global warming. Solar is no longer
elective. Sooner or later the world will start running out of expensive fossil
fuels and we need to acknowledge we have 50 years of oil reserves, 200 years of
coal reserves and at least 5 billion years of solar energy. There is dire need
of popularizing the use of solar energy in India as well.
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