The Need for Conservation

"Nobody made a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could only do a little."
-Edmund Burke

Our planet is changing and we can do something about it. We can make a difference by improving our energy conservations efforts and saving money in the process. Energy conservation and renewable energy systems are important both economically and environmentally.

• The average home in the United States uses the equivalent of 42 barrels of oil per year
• According to the Department of Energy, our homes represent 21% of nationwide energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions
• A 1995 study by the American Cancer Society and the Harvard Medical School found that air pollution from coal-fired power plants accounts for about 30,000 premature deaths each year in the United States
• It’s estimated that in the most polluted cities, lives are shortened by an average of 1 to 2 years
• Air pollution from coal burning in electric utilities is a dominant cause of smog, deadly soot, global warming, pollution in our National Parks, toxic contamination of fish and polluted estuaries.