Dear  I Land Friends,

Are you always worried about your increasing energy bills? Is the ever-increasing energy bill causing you sleepless nights? Is it costing you more and more to warm your home during winter and to cool it during summer?

Is paying your bill each month becoming a major problem for you?

Have you ever asked yourself the question – what can I do to reduce this ever-increasing energy bill? Have you ever asked yourself: what is the way out?

Do you know that fossil fuel combustion provides the bulk of the world’s energy?

Do you know that energy costs keep increasing each year with the rise in the price per barrel of crude oil?

Do you know that apart from the ever-increasing cost of fuel, fossil fuel combustion especially that based on oil and coal is the major contributor to increasing carbon dioxide concentration in the atmosphere, thereby contributing to probable global warming?

Do you know that climate change is considered one of the most serious environmental threats throughout the world because of its potential impact on food production and processes vital to a productive environment?

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Did you ever ask yourself what would happen in the next twenty to thirty years if the current energy trend continues? Did you ever consider how much you might be paying as monthly energy bill in the next five to six years? Did you ever consider what the carbon dioxide, CO2, emission level would be like? Did you ever consider the devastating effects of global warming?

Although CO2, emissions seem higher in the industrialized nations, the problem is not restricted to any part of the world, it is a global one. It affects both the developed as well as the developing nations of the world. We are all affected by these problems; there are no sacred cows!

• In the past five years, growth of global carbon dioxide emissions was four times higher than the previous 10 years' growth
• The global growth rate of carbon emissions from 2000 to 2005 was 3.2 percent, compared to 0.8 percent from 1990 to 1999.
• Current levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide are 380 parts per million (ppm), and experts warn that if numbers reach 450 or 500 ppm, irreversible and damaging climate change will occur.
• Based on current carbon emissions growth trends, the 500 ppm mark will occur sometime this century
• 200 million people around the world could be permanently displaced by a 5.4 degree Fahrenheit rise in temperature from pre-industrial levels. Melting ice sheets would raise sea levels, affecting the homes of one in every 20 people, while 15 to 40 percent of species would face extinction

Solar energy tops the list. It is definitely a much better option. It is not only environment–friendly; it is an option that can effectively help in combating the effects of global warming. In the long run, it is cheaper than other sources of energy; it will therefore save you money and reduce your energy bills.