EPA statistics show that conventional electricity generation from fossil fuels is the nation's leading source of industrial air pollution. Renewables can avoid or reduce these air emissions, as well as reduce water consumption, thermal pollution, waste, noise and adverse land-use impacts. Click here to learn about the environmental benefits of buying green energy in your state. The sun keeps shining, and the wind keeps blowing. Other sources of energy, such as fossil fuels, are finite and will not last forever.
Fossil fuels are one-time energy gifts.
Once they are gone, they are gone for millions of years. Yet we are using this precious resource as if it were unlimited. Meanwhile, the world's electricity use will increase to 5 million megawatts by the year 2020, up from about 2.9 million megawatts in 1995. Jobs and the Economy Renewable energy technologies can help create jobs and generate income. A number of state and national studies have found positive net job impacts from more renewable energy use.