Every flat roofed federal/state/local government building, from elementary schools to administration buildings, should be equiped with the latest in solar technology. There is all that surface area that is essentially doing nothing but sitting there and soaking up the sun every single day, to the advantage of no one. Why build a giant wind farm or solar array in some field in Texas when we already have the real estate we need available, on the roofs of these buildings?
The increased demand for these solar products would drive innovation, create new jobs from research and development to installation and maintenance.
This would mean a huge amount of energy created with none of the traditional pollution concerns. After th initial cost, it will essentially be clean, free energy. And not a single acre of new development adding to the sprawl of our urban areas.
And once the government sectors have lead the way, the private sector will see the viability of the process and the costs will have significantly dropped due to market forces and increases in supply. Eventually a majority of buildings will be equipped with solar.
The US will have made a significant step toward ending dependency on fossil fuels and ensured a plentiful, clean energy source for future generations...until the sun burns out...or a comet smashed into the planet.
I mean, this is America. Everybody loves seeing lesbians go at it, as long as they are both hot and not in a monogamous, legally sanctioned relationship.
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