Rural Small Towns Escape Grid-Lock with Solar Power Solutions
Clean energy is a growing conversation topic in small town America. Unlike global warming, clean energy is supported across the board by every party, demographic, and various communities. Solar power is one of the clearest solutions for rural towns in a period of crisis over jobs and population decline. Some of the greenest areas in America are small towns and rural communities who embrace renewable energy for its cost-effective and micro-grid advantages. From Idaho solar communities to clean energy Colorado towns, environmental stewardship is becoming increasingly popular amongst individuals and businesses alike. While coal energy was a massive employer of the rural and blue-collar demographic for decades, it has steadily decreased overall in the past decade. And it doesn’t look like it will return anytime in the near future. Renewable energy jobs have replaced coal mining jobs, employing almost five times more people than coal industry. Long-term s...