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The sunshine that strikes American roads each year contains more energy than all the fossil fuels used by the entire world.

The sunshine that strikes American roads each year contains more energy than all the fossil fuels used by the entire world.

Denis Hayes

Sunshine, Years, Energy

Denis Hayes (2000). “The Official Earth Day Guide to Planet Repair”, p.37, Island Press

An acre of windy prairie could produce between $4,000 and 10,000 worth of electricity per year - which is far more than the value of the land's crop of corn or wheat.

Denis Hayes

Years, Land, Energy

Denis Hayes (2000). “The Official Earth Day Guide to Planet Repair”, p.40, Island Press

An aggressive building performance standard for all new buildings, and a set of performance requirements to be met by all buildings before they can be sold (when upgrades can be included in the new mortgage). These should encompass heating and cooling, lighting, and plug loads. Coupled with new efficiency standards for appliances, lights, and furnaces, this should reduce the energy consumption of new buildings by 50 percent, more or less immediately, and go on from there.

Denis Hayes

Light, Energy, Goes On

"The Rumpus Interview with Earth Day organiser Denis Hayes". Interview with Melissa Price, therumpus.net. April 22, 2009.