The document discusses the significant impact of electricity generation on water consumption and pollution in the U.S., highlighting that utilities use more fresh water than is consumed by households. It emphasizes the environmental stakes, noting that electric utilities contribute to over half of all toxic water pollution. Additionally, it mentions the rapid growth and declining costs of solar panel sales over the past decade.

1. An electricity choice
Keith Knowles
971-400-0712
kknowles@solarcity.com

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Energiewende

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2,211 million metric
tons in 2011 alone!
Electricity 33%
Transportation 28%
Agriculture 8%
Commercial
& Residential 11%
Industry 20%
What’s at Stake: One Third of America’s Emissions

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Utilities use more fresh water to generate
electricity than we drink and use in our homes
Fossil fuel-based thermoelectric power plants use 753 gallons of water to power the average
home for a single day. That’s more water than the typical human consumes in a year.
Aquaculture 2%
Irrigation 31%
Livestock 1%
Thermo Electric 49%
Industrial 4%
Mining 1%
Public Supply 11%
Domestic 1%

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Electric utilities create
more than half of all toxic
water pollution in the
United States

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+ 43%

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< 1%

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In the last decade, solar
panel sales have doubled
every 21 months.
Prices have dropped 20%
for each doubling.

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Thank You
Keith Knowles
971-400-0712
kknowles@solarcity.com