Thomas Edison once said, \u201cI\u2019d put my money on the sun and solar energy. What a source of power! I hope we don\u2019t have to wait until oil and coal run out before we tackle that.\u201d<\/p>\n
The sun keeps rising and the costs keep falling! According to the financial advisory firm Lazard, the cost to produce one megawatt-hour of solar fell an incredible 86 percent between 2009 and 2017. Better yet, that means the cost of solar in 2017 was less than half the price of coal the same year.<\/p>\n
Bottom line? Solar is a technology, not a fuel. And as technology develops, it becomes cheaper \u2013 unlike finite fossil fuels.<\/p>\n
And it\u2019s important to remember that the market price of fossil fuels does not reflect the price we all pay as they\u2019re burned. It doesn\u2019t account for the medical costs to treat asthma, the tax dollars to rebuild after a flood, or the human cost of a hurricane strengthened by climate change. This tells Big Polluters that they can dump unlimited carbon pollution into the atmosphere without any consequences.<\/p>\n
But when we use clean, renewable solar energy to power our homes and businesses, we protect our health and our climate. <\/p>\n
This is why GoShares is focused largely on Solar Projects right now. With the cost of solar continuing to fall at a rapid pace, the shares you earn from your searches with GoShares will have a greater impact. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Thomas Edison once said, \u201cI\u2019d put my money on the sun and solar energy. What a source of power! I hope we don\u2019t have to wait until oil and coal run out before we tackle that.\u201d The sun keeps rising and the costs keep falling! According to the financial advisory firm Lazard, the cost to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n