• Investment in a green-economy would "lead to over 3 million new green-collar jobs, stimulate $1.4 trillion in new GDP, add billions in personal income and retail sales, produce $284 billion in net energy savings, all while generating sufficient returns to the U.S. treasury to pay for itself over ten years," according to a report by the Apollo Alliance.

• Enough sunlight falls on the earth's surface every hour to meet world energy demand for an entire year. [source]

• Just 20 days worth of sunlight has as much energy as what's believed to be stored in the Earth's entire reserves of coal, oil and natural gas. [source]

• The wind in North Dakota alone has the potential to provide power for more than a quarter of the United States. [source]

• Silicon from one ton of sand, used in photovoltaic cells (PV), could produce as much electricity as burning 500,000 tons of coal. [source]

• PV cells can make buildings energy self-sufficient. New breakthroughs are allowing solar features to be integrated into roofing shingles, windows and even paint. [source]

• In 1864, a hotel in Oregon heated rooms using geothermal energy from underground hot springs. [source]

Green-energy-facts

• Geothermal energy currently provides more than 2,700 megawatts of electricity nationwide – the equivalent of three nuclear power plants, or enough to power more than 3.5 million homes. [source]

• Conservation and efficiency can save ten times as much energy per dollar invested as nuclear power can produce. [source]

• Compact fluorescent light bulbs use one-fourth the energy of typical light bulbs and save more than $30 over their lifetime. [source]

Armed with facts like these, Girlawhirl's convinced that everyone can get on the green energy bandwagon. For easy ways to make it happen – like asking your power company to supply a renewable energy source as an alternative to what it's currently using – go to wecansolveit.org.