Recognizing SUN day, a nationwide celebration of clean renewable energy - The New Bedford Light

Recognizing SUN day, a nationwide celebration of clean renewable energy - The New Bedford Light

Since man discovered fire, our primary source of energy has come from burning carbon — first wood, then coal, oil, and gas. But this method creates pollution and has warmed the earth, leading to extreme weather incidents worldwide and rising oceans. Old dirty energy is finite in nature, and the difficulty of extracting more means the costs continually increase. Meanwhile, solar and wind power are the cheapest sources of energy on the planet. As …