Florida Residents Offer Solar Alternative to Oil Spill

FORT LAUDERDALE, FL - May 22, 2010: As a result of the BP oil spill, a group of Florida businessmen have created a new website - www.Solarspill.com; to facilitate the education of energy consumers about the potential of solar energy. The sun "spills" large amounts of light every day; enough energy is "spilled" onto earth every four minutes to provide the electricity for all of the earth's needs.

"Practically speaking, nobody in the solar energy industry believes that 100% of the electricity should be from solar energy," said Yann Brandt of Advanced Green Technologies in Fort Lauderdale. "However, the premise that solar energy cannot play a large role is a falsehood. We could use today's technology and cover 9,500 square miles of land with solar panels and produce the earth's electric needs, this area represents about 8% of the New Mexico land and the size of the BP oil spill slick as of May 21st."

For practical purposes, the sun "spills" enough solar energy on U.S. commercial rooftops that if they were covered with solar panels, today's technology would generate 36% of the energy in the U.S., according to industry studies. Diversification of the energy portfolio could easily integrate 30% renewable energy with solar energy playing a large portion of this. The legislative action required to provide this path is known as a Renewable Portfolio Standard, enacted by many U.S. States.

"Think how much better off the Earth would be if the power of the sun drove business, the economy, our cars, our future," said Mitch Roff of Roffer's Ocean Fishing Forecasting Service. "Instead of soaking up oil spills with billions of dollars, we could bask in the glow of cleaner air, a green economy and reduce the fear of shortages, outages and safeguard our health and livelihoods."

The goal of www.solarspill.com is about opportunity, potential and the power of solar energy to play a positive role in a future that thrives with energy diversification. The website will feature frequent updates of solar energy in comparisons to the amount of oil that has spilled according to the most recent Government estimates. Then readers are encouraged to "Take a solar survey" and give opinions on solar energy. In addition, solarspill.com will feature informative links provided by various sources including the Federal and State governments and educational centers for solar energy.

The information from the survey will be used to advocate for legislative policies increasing the diversity of our energy sources.