I was at a luncheon Thursday featuring Al Gore.... [View All]

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(got a pic with Rosalyn Carter who was sitting at the table next to mine...but, that's my ego talking :D)

He said that if we put up solar panels covering just 90 square miles somewhere in the desert area of the Southwest U.S. that we could capture enough energy from the sun to power the entire country.

WOW! Think about that. How many square miles of solar panels would it require to power just the state in which you live?

Which state is going to be the first to step up to the plate and build the 1, 2, or 3 square miles of solar panels to power their state---and, rid ourselves of all the burning of fossil fuels---requiring that all homes go "electric" for heat and cooling?

Or what will be the first major university in this country to build a solar power station on their campus to show their state and their country that it can be done, and that it will pay for itself in terms of power bills, and a lot less pollution?

How many of us who own homes will install the solar panels on our roofs?

We have an opportunity here that doesn't require us to bitch and complain to the government. We can just decide to DO IT.

Time to put our money where our mouths are on this one.