🌞 Solar Is the People's Path—Fossil Fuels Are the Billionaires' Trap

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Fossil Fuels Burn Our Planet—Solar Power Builds Our Future

Friends, today America stands at a crossroads.

One path is progress powered by the sun—clean, affordable energy that cuts bills, saves lives, and secures a livable planet.

The other is rollback into oil and gas—a path that burns our communities, poisons our air, and locks us into billionaire profits while the planet overheats.

The choice isn't abstract. The data is in. People are demanding change.

Did you know that online bots and trolls have spread such a false narrative about alternative energy solutions that the United Nations is considering making it a crime to spread misinformation?

“It is a major problem,” said Dr Klaus Jensen, of the University of Copenhagen said at an Ipie review. He went on “…how are we going to vote for the right causes and politicians, and how are politicians going to translate the clear evidence into the necessary action?…We have about five years to cut emissions in half¹ and until 2050 to go carbon neutral. Without the right information, we’re not going to get there. So the climate crisis being translated into a climate catastrophe is [not] possible, unless we handle the climate information integrity problem.” (The Guardian)

Solar Power: Cheaper, Cleaner, Stronger

Listen, I don’t have to tell you how ridiculous it is that every year we get more advanced technology—yet every year utility companies keep raising our bills.
This week the news featured a woman pleading for relief, saying she unplugs everything at night and runs only her refrigerator, and she still can’t afford her power costs.

And don’t even get me started on gas prices and how they jump all over the place.

Our leaders should be fighting for cheaper, cleaner, and stronger energy sources—solutions that power our lives without burning up our planet.

Great News! Renewable power like solar and wind is now the least expensive and fastest to build in the U.S.—even without subsidies (Lazard).

• Price advantage: Big solar farms produce electricity for about 3–4¢ per kWh, and with federal support, it can drop to ≈2¢. Gas plants cost 7–12¢, and their prices jump with global fuel markets.

• Falling costs: Building a large solar project today costs 75% less than in 2010, with 2023 installations averaging $1.43 per watt (Berkeley Lab).

• Healthier: Between 2019 and 2022, wind and solar avoided $249 billion in air-pollution and climate damages, preventing as many as 1,600 premature deaths in 2022 alone (Science Direct). And the EPA data confirms that cutting fossil fuels slashes hospital visits, asthma attacks, and early deaths (Environmental Protection Network).

In plain terms: solar beats gas almost every time—and it keeps getting cheaper.

This isn't theory—it's real savings.

• A Connecticut school district will cut energy use 23% and will save over $23 million over 20 years (CT Insider).

• Pennsylvania schools could save $342 million statewide while powering the equivalent of 187,000 homes yearly (PennEnvironment).

The good news is that people across the United States are waking up to the benefits of solar and wind. In 2023, solar supplied over half of all new U.S. grid capacity (Berkeley Lab), and in 2024 America installed a record 50 GW of new solar capacity (Reuters). Momentum is on our side—and every new panel brings us closer to clean air, lower bills, and a livable planet for all.

The Fossil Fuel Lie

America remains chained to oil and gas, not because we need them, but because of greed.

Fossil fuel companies bankroll politicians, spread disinformation, and fight to keep us dependent, profiting from scarcity and price shocks while families face crushing bills. ² ³ ⁴ ⁵

Every new pipeline approved is another nail in the coffin of our planet, clean air, safe water, and a stable future.

We Deserve Cheaper and Cleaner Energy Sources

Solar power is progress.

Fossil fuels are more expensive, dangerous to our health, and contribute to global warming.

Progress is moving toward solar because people demand it and it works.

The momentum is unstoppable—unless fossil-fuel lobbyists drag us backward.

I’m so proud of you and every member of People Power United who shows up every single day—taking action, raising voices, and holding leaders accountable to the will of the people. No doomscrolling. No hand-wringing. We see a problem, and we take action. We know that we are the ones who can—and will—fix the crises before us.

Today, I’m calling on you to rise for our planet.
Rise for the air we breathe, for a lower cost to heat and cool our homes, for the lower price of transportation and the goods we depend on.
Rise for our health.

Stand up to the greed of fossil fuel companies and the politicians they own.

✨ Rise. Demand accountability. Refuse to let fossil fuels burn our future. ✨

Could you take just five minutes to complete the calls to action? Pretty please 🙏🏼

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Today’s Calls to Action

• Click here to Tell Congress: Invest In Climate Resilience and Clean Energy

• Click here to tell Congress to Build Clean Energy Now

• Click here to Tell Your Governor: Accelerate Solar Construction Before Subsidies Expire

• Click here to sign up for Sun Day

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Laurie Woodward Garcia (paid with hugs and kisses, not bought by special interests) People Power United

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1. https://www.ipcc.ch/sr15/chapter/spm/

2. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jan/23/big-oil-445m-trump-congress

3. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/jun/19/climate-misinformation-turning-crisis-into-catastrophe-ipie-report

4. https://gijn.org/resource/guide-investigating-fossil-fuels-greenwashing

5. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/apr/14/climate-disinformation-explainer