I learned about solar panels when I outfitted my camper. They are so easy to use, and I ask over and over why more campers and others won’t use them. Now, I read about this awesome program in California.

“In California, polluting companies are paying to line the roofs of the disadvantaged with solar panels. It’s not charity, either, exactly—it’s public policy. Very good policy.

The San Francisco Chronicle explains how a new program arising from the state’s cap-and-trade law—in which companies must pay, per ton, for their carbon pollution—is delivering solar to the poor: “Run by Oakland nonprofit Grid Alternatives, the effort will install home solar arrays in disadvantaged neighborhoods, using $14.7 million raised through California’s cap-and-trade system for reining in greenhouse gas emissions.”

Looks like we got it right this time.  And how about these uses of solar power?

This is the exact same panel I use on my camper!!