From Drive Oregon's September networking event, "Driving on Sunshine: Market Opportunities at the Intersection of Electric Vehicles and Solar Power"
Presented by Keith Knowles, Regional Sales Manager in Oregon at SolarCity
3. SolarCity Confidential Slide 3
2,211 million metric
tons in 2011 alone!
Electricity 33%
Transportation 28%
Agriculture 8%
Commercial
& Residential 11%
Industry 20%
Whatâs at Stake: One Third of Americaâs Emissions
4. SolarCity Confidential Slide 4
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. Thatâs 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%
5. SolarCity Confidential Slide 5
Electric utilities create
more than half of all toxic
water pollution in the
United States