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Going Solar Helps the Environment
Our planet gives us everything we need to power our lives, including the sun above our heads. That is why we are committed to our environmental mission: making rooftop residential solar the primary source of electricity generation in America. Every home that goes solar helps reduce greenhouse gas emissions, cut pollution, and decrease our reliance on fossil fuels.
Environmental Cost of Fossil Fuels
The average U.S. household consumes about 10,500 kilowatt-hours of electricity per year. In 2024, the U.S. still relied on fossil fuels for approximately 58% of its electricity generation, releasing carbon dioxide emissions on a massive scale. Multiply that across more than 120 million U.S. households and the environmental impact becomes staggering.
That’s a lot of carbon emissions. Now multiply that by more than 120 million U.S. households and, quickly, carbon emissions can get out of hand.
*based on the Environmental Protection Agency’s greenhouse gas equivalencies calculator and the EIA’s estimate of single-household energy use for one year
Why Carbon Dioxide Emissions
Carbon dioxide is essential to life on Earth, but by burning fossil fuels to power our homes, we have accelerated the rate at which our planet is warming. Atmospheric carbon dioxide levels are higher today than at any point in human history. Energy demands will continue to grow, but CO2 levels do not have to. By generating your own clean energy with solar, you can lower the amount of carbon released into the atmosphere and contribute to a healthier planet for everyone.
The Earth is Suffering: Climate Change by the Numbers
Climate change is one of the most urgent conversations of our time. The continued burning of fossil fuels has driven global temperatures to historic highs, and the impact goes far beyond warming. Our oceans, forests, and natural habitats are under increasing stress. The numbers tell the story clearly.
Global sea levels have risen 8 to 9 inches since 1880, and the rate of that rise has more than doubled over the past few decades.
In California alone, half of the 20 largest wildfires in state history have occurred in just the past five years.
The pace of billion-dollar natural disasters in the U.S. has more than doubled, with the annual average rising from 9 events per year since 1980 to 23 events per year in just the past five years alone.
The Environmental Impact of Solar Power
In Freedom Forever’s first 15 years, we installed enough kilowatts of solar power to offset* over 14,548,800 metric tons of CO2 metric tons This is equivalent to (EPA):
5,100,000
tons of waste recycled instead of landfilled.
242,000,000
tree seedlings grown for 10 years.
1,600,000,000
gallons of gasoline NOT burned
… and counting.
*Based on Freedom Forever’s total kilowatts installed, operating for 12 hours of sunlight per day:
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We understand why you go solar. And it’s not to give the electric company more of your money! That’s why Freedom Forever is here for you. You get 25-years of guaranteed production from the sun and reduce your carbon footprint at the same time. It’s that simple.
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