World Solar Day 2014

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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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