The economic slowdown should have scared me.

Okay, for a few days it did set my mind into the spiraling doom effect we are all too familiar with in an economy that cycles through booms and the inevitable busts that follow.  I had begun to see my friends and family lose their jobs, post their hard earned toys up on Kijiji and give up on plans for retirement. Scary stuff.

Persistence… that takes vision. Or stubbornness. Either one will work, but only vision inspires sustainable action towards a goal.

While we here at Sunfind Solar are passionate about harnessing the power of the sun to create electricity, it’s not lost on us that all that solar power can be used for things other than providing power to our TV’s and keeping our fridges cool.

Since the 1970’s, it’s been a common belief that the only real way to “go solar” was to have deep pockets and a great big sun drenched rooftop. And if you didn’t own the roof and were instead renting your home, your options for investing were pretty limited.

The only constant in life is change.

Unfortunately, the massive machine we call “The Electricity Grid”, has seen very little of this change over the decades, but, with the global introduction of alternative energy it is one of the fastest changing aspects in the world right now.

It’s here!  The icy breath against your neck makes you wonder what you ever did to justify this sort of evil punishment.  Winter, It’s here and there is no avoiding it and for those of us who live in cold climates (like here in Alberta) and have Solar Panels integrated into our chilled existence, it’s inevitable we get questions about snow, cold temperatures and short winter days.

With Cannabis now being legal here in Canada, we are bombarded with information about consumption, health matters and of course, legal and social issues.  In this article, we are only considering the affects to our electrical grid and ultimately your power bill if you are a grower.

The year is 1839 and Alexandre Edmond Becquerellar, a young man of only 19 years of age, using his fathers’ lab, set into motion what is now often called a “Solar Revolution”.