Why is Renewable Energy better than using fossil fuels?
Every time you switch on your lights, or use any electrical device, natural resources are consumed to generate the electricity that you use. A staggering 98 percent1 of electricity in the United States comes from non-renewable resources such as coal, natural gas, and nuclear power. Using non-renewable resources to create electricity produces more harmful emissions linked to global warming than any other human activity. The remaining two percent of U.S. electricity generated from clean, renewable resourcessuch as wind, solar, geothermal, small hydro-electric and biomassproduce dramatically less air pollution and have significantly smaller environmental impacts.
