Solar power facts

• 0.3% of solar energy from the Sahara is enough to power the whole of Europe
• Leonardo Da Vinci predicted the mass use of solar energy as long ago as 1447
• Enough sunlight falls on the earth in an hour to power our entire population for one year
• In 1990, a solar powered airplane flew over 4000km without fuel
• Weather related damages in 1998 alone cost more than those between 1980 to 1990 ($82 billion dollars)
• The United States of America accounts for 5% of the world’s population, but consume over 25% of its energy