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There is no better description of a solar power hybrid car than that given by former CIA Director James Woolsey when he said: “A plug-in hybrid is an electric car with an insurance policy – a gas engine.” Relying primarily on solar powered electricity, the hybrid has a back-up. To supplement and ensure vehicle operation, the hybrids have a gas engine that kicks in when the battery is depleted, or under certain other pre-specified conditions.

Passive solar energy simply takes advantage of the sun’s energy as the name implies…passively. There are no moving parts, no fans, no pumps…no mechanical or electrical elements in the design, although fans are sometimes used to help move and distribute heated or cooled air throughout the space. If a fan is necessary, it is, or certainly can be, solar-powered as well.

Creating an intense demand for energy, the third world is waiting to be filled with the light of solar energy resources.

Do you have curb lighting, driveway lighting, or patio lights at your home? If so, I’ll bet they’re solar.

After receiving bids on your new home, or the remodel project, are you thinking solar energy is just too expensive? Have you decided you’re just not going to be able to afford it?

As the price of solar system equipment goes down, the feasibility of installing a home solar power system goes up. OK. Basic economics of supply and demand.

What gift would make your neighborhood a better place to live? What about cleaner, brighter air… inside and outside. There’s every indication that it’s on its way and arriving soon.

As one of the most advanced nations in the world, it is difficult to accept that the United States, while one of the greatest proponents of finding and using renewable energy sources, actually only gets about 1% of its energy needs through the use of solar power.

The adoption of solar power in the United States has been excruciatingly slow. The primary reason cited is the high price of solar energy components. A valid argument…until you look at the cost of not adopting solar energy, rising fossil fuel costs, and economies of scale to bring down price.

In 2003, Erik Lysen said in Renewable Energy World Magazine: “The surface of the Earth receives an amount of solar energy equivalent to roughly 10,000 times the world energy demand.”