Health benefits from reducing energy use or using alternative forms:
–Breathe easier. Pollution can enhance asthma and allergies. It is also linked to lung cancer. Going green can help clean the air space, and improve your ability to breathe.
–Heart healthy. Some of the particulates in the air that come from pollution caused by fossil fuels can actually contribute to heart disease and other cardiac issues.
–Infectious diseases. The spread of infectious diseases can be exacerbated through global warming as the by-products of our energy use are released. You can help slow the spread of pandemics by reducing your energy use.
–Reduce acid rain. Pollution from industrial energy use, as well as home energy use that creates increased demand, can cause acid rain. Indeed, since the implementation of the Clean Air Act, the incidence of harmful acid rain has been reduced.
–Let in the sun. Natural lighting can help you reduce your energy needs and also helps your calcium absorption. In addition, there have been studies done on the helpfulness of natural sunlight on your mental health and mood.
–Worker deaths. Energy production with fossil fuels results in hundreds of worker deaths each year. Increasing green energy use could mean that jobs in safer, healthier environments could replace the dangerous and dirty jobs related to fossil fuels.
