slide 1: 10 interesting facts about solar energy
1. Solar energy is the reason we are alive today it is the main source of energy for all life
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2. Solar power is one of very few sources of energy that are completely free.
3. On Earth we are especially lucky the sun is in the top 5 of stars in the Milky Way in
terms of brightness and size.
4. Although the sun is over 90 million miles from the Earth it takes less than 10 minutes
for light to speed across that distance.
5. Only 0.01 of the energy produced by nuclear fusion in the sun PER SECOND would be
needed to satisfy the entire population of the earths energy requirements.
slide 2: 6. The largest solar power plant in the world is located in the Mojave Desert in California
covering 1000 acres.
7. A single Air Force base in Nevada has saved 83000 A MONTH since it switched from
using traditional energy sources to solar energy produced on site.
8. The average US taxpayer pays almost 100 times as much in subsidies for fossil fuels as
he does for solar energy.
9. Solar energy has been used for over 2700 years in 700 BC glass lenses were used to
make fire by magnifying the suns rays.
10. Space missions have been using solar energy to power spaceships since 1958
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