Why Solar Panels? In the past months we have been sharing ways we can reduce our carbon footprint in light of the reports released this year indicating that our planet is well on the way to at least 1.5C warming.  At COP26, it seemed that what needs to be done to keep warming to 1.5C is in progress, but not guaranteed to occur.  One of the main issues was the use of coal for power generation with several key nations unwilling to commit to eliminating the use of coal from their energy generation processes.  So, in light of these impactful decisions of nations, what can we as individuals do in…

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How We Ended Up With Solar Panels I’ve been struggling with what to write for this post as there is so much I could say about why we did something as drastic as a solar panel installation on our roof. I could talk about what it’s like in terms of day to day impact on our hydro bill, the process to actually getting to panels, and addressing the big question: is it actually worth it? So I’ll start at the beginning because maybe you have fluctuating energy bills, like we did, and you don’t know why, or maybe your bills are much higher than you’d like and you’re looking for…