going green, solar panels We've been using solar cooking as a way to help the environment. Going green has been very important to us for a long time and since we discovered solar cooking, we've been cooking almost all our food outdoors ever since. It's th least expensive and easiest way for us take advantage of Arizona's abundant sunshine. Here, of all places, is the perfect way for people use solar panels or solar cookers to make going green so much easier.

The sun shines abundantly here and with an intensity unmatched in few other places in the world. Since the humidity is so dry, we seldom have any haze or humidity to obscure the deep blue skies we have almost every day. More families in Arizona are discovering how they can take advantage of our sun, whether it's for solar cooking or charging batteries for their cell phones. Scientists estimate that over 4.25 trillion barrels of oil falls on the US each day in the form of sunshine, and people in Arizona are in a great position to use it. I know we sure do. going green, solar panels