An electricity choice

Keith Knowles

971-400-0712

kknowles@solarcity.com

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Energiewende

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2,211 million metric

tons in 2011 alone!

Electricity 33%

Transportation 28%

Agriculture 8%

Commercial

& Residential 11%

Industry 20%

What’s at Stake: One Third of America’s Emissions

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Utilities use more fresh water to generate

electricity than we drink and use in our homes

Fossil fuel-based thermoelectric power plants use 753 gallons of water to power the average

home for a single day. That’s more water than the typical human consumes in a year.

Aquaculture 2%

Irrigation 31%

Livestock 1%

Thermo Electric 49%

Industrial 4%

Mining 1%

Public Supply 11%

Domestic 1%

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Electric utilities create

more than half of all toxic

water pollution in the

United States

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+ 43%

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< 1%

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In the last decade, solar

panel sales have doubled

every 21 months.

Prices have dropped 20%

for each doubling.

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Thank You

Keith Knowles

971-400-0712

kknowles@solarcity.com