The United States Marine Corps went 'green', but it is an effort to save lives in the war zones rather to save gaia. The Marines have adopted a renewable energy sratgey that provided thousands of Marines deployed in Afghanistan with solar-powered gadgets. Previously, a 3-months study showed that a Marine is wounded for every fifty trips made to transport fuel or water in Afghanistan. The US Marine Corp them conducted a 7-months trial in Helmand province's Sangin district wih a company of 150 Marines. The Marines were given solar panels to charge their radio batteries.

Of course you know how important the sun is and how recently solar panels were invented. Here are things perhaps you don't know--and maybe should.Interesting historical facts and important facts on the current state of technology and economics.

What is the true value of solar power in today’s world? Solar power has been touted as the get all and be all of energy independence since the early 1970s when countless people jumped feet first into what they thought would give them the final say in how much they actually spent in energy costs each year. At the time they felt that the nation was on the road to ruin and big oil (OPEC at the time) was out to rob them of all they had. In truth a story not much different that what we hear today about EXXON, (the biggest oil company in the world), from our own government officials.