Welcome to the second installation of “Solar Day” – June 19, 2010

The dust from the storm that is the BP oil spill will take a long time to settle. Clean energy, to some or most people who are not Republican Senator Barton and his friends would be the obvious alternative. Solar Energy can be considered clean under circumstances, but owing to the fact that we are yet to realize the benefits of solar energy, and because ample number of marketing and advertising folks now populate the energy sector, we have a Solar Day. As with a lot of things, this one also got started in San Francisco.

When?

It appears that the goal is to observe “Solar Day” on a weekend date before the summer solstice, which would annually be June 21. If you remember your geography, June 21st, the day of the annual summer solstice is the year’s longest day and the harbinger of summer. Whether you consider a clever play or irony, if you owned a solar energy generator of any size, in theory, this would be the day of the year when you generated maximum power.

Of course, if we decided to celebrate our solar day on the 21st every year, we couldn’t dress up and go ask for candy..er, that’s some other day, right? So, we do it on a weekend. This way, we can all dress up, and ask the Government to make it harder for oil and easier for solar power to be showered with discounts, grants and other such candy…

I expect we will soon have a “Wind Day” based on the same theme soon. You may not want to confuse this with windy days, of which we have many a year.

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