If every elementary school in the country had a Photovoltaic Solar system installed on the roof, then in a ‘Katirina like event’ each school would be an emergency shelter with power. If terrorists took one out, there’d be another one a short distance away.

Solar Panels work when the sun shines.

The money we are spending on the war in Iraq – currently estimated at $2.4 Trillion – would pay for about 370 gigawatts of PV Solar generating capacity, about 830 gigawatts of offshore wind electric capacity and about 1,200 gigawatts of land based wind capacity. (Solar is about $6.5 billion per gigawatt, offshore wind is about $2.89 per gigawatt, and land based wind is $2. billion per gw.)

Which would make this country more secure? The War in Iraq or an investment in sustainable energy?