If you can pay your electric bill, you can make the switch to solar. That's because Citizenre will install photo voltaic panels on your roof and rent them to you for the same price as your current average monthly electric bill. Plus, once you sign a rental agreement, your flat rental rate stays the same for the life of your 1, 5 or 25 year contract.

My father is an unlikely environmentalist. To demonstrate his resistance to environmental consciousness, I could point out that for many years his vehicle of choice has been the anything-but-green Chevy Suburban.