There's one simple fact that may just change your thoughts on renewable power. In a single hour, the amount of power from the sun that strikes the Earth is more than the entire world consumes in a year.
BUSINESS INSIDER — To put that in numbers, from the US Department of Energy: Each hour 430 quintillion Joules of energy from the sun hits the Earth. That's 430 with 18 zeroes after it! In comparison, the total amount of energy that all humans use in a year is about 410 quintillion Joules. The average American home used 39 billion Joules of electricity in 2015, to give you some context (that's 39 with only nine zeroes after it). Clearly, we have a source of virtually unlimited clean energy in the form of solar power — we're just not capturing it. In 2015, solar only provided 0.65% of the electricity used in the US, according to the US Energy Information Administration. Market forces and automation, aided by some government initiatives, have decreased the nation's reliance on coal in favor of natural gas and clean energy. Renewables — including solar, wind, hydropower, biomass and geothermal — now account for 13% of the total. Renewable energy doesn't increase our carbon footprint or exacerbate global warming like burning fossil fuels does. Scientists and a majority of Americans agree that we can't keep using oil and coal forever. Tesla CEO and energy visionary Elon Musk called changing the Earth's atmosphere without knowing the consequences "the dumbest experiment in history." One day, we'll be able to capture all of the energy the world needs from the sun. We have the technology right now. It's just going to take time, investment, and innovation.
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