Rooftop Revolution: How Solar Power Can Save Our Economy#and Our Planet#from Dirty Energy [Paperback]

Here is the truth that the powerful Dirty Energy public relations machine doesn’t want you to know: the ascent of solar energy is upon us. Solar-generated electricity has risen exponentially in the last few years and employment in the solar industry has doubled since 2009. Meanwhile, electricity from coal has declined to pre-World War II levels as the fossil fuel industry continues to shed jobs.

Danny Kennedy systematically refutes the lies spread by solar’s opponents—that it is expensive, inefficient, and unreliable; that it is kept alive only by subsidies; that it can’t be scaled; and many other untruths. He shows that we need a rooftop revolution to break the entrenched power of the coal, oil, nuclear, and gas industries Solar energy can create more jobs, return our nation to prosperity, and ensure the sustainability and safety of our planet. Now is the time to move away from the dangerous energy sources of the past and unleash the amazing potential of the sun.FOREWORD
PROLOGUE: An Energy Primer
CHAPTER 1: Sunny Side
CHAPTER 2: Empires of the Sun--Dirty Energy’s Petty Politics
CHAPTER 3: Role Models for the Rooftop Revolution
CHAPTER 4: Take a Walk on the Sunny Side
CHAPTER 5: Hot Jobs
CHAPTER 6: Energized
Epilogue: Fire 2.0 My Ride on the Solar Coaster--So Far
Notes
Additional Resources
Acknowledgments
Index
About the Author
About Sungevity“Twice as many Americans already work in solar energy as in coal mines--if you want to understand the future, and especially if you want to help shape it, read this book.”
-Bill McKibben, author of The End of Nature and Eaarth and founder, 350.org

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