When the lights are let out
When Electricity Comes and Goes
When it’s Either Candle or Generator
It’s a grim message to dim our lights
But here is a sunny message of light
Presented beautifully by mother-nature
So to dim an energy crisis
…and prices
Energy is from everything
From the fire…it burst forth
For thousands of years and more
From the Stone Age…caves warmed with fires
From the Stone Age…fires kept burning for years
From raw wood to charcoal to a hot flame
Energy comes from different vanes
So let there be light
Natural motion of wind and water
Gleaned from untrained ancient minds
Harnessed natural forces to do some heavy work
Working to grind grain
Lifting to raise a building to the roof
Transporting to move people and goods
All weaned from blowing wind and flowing water
So let there be light
Energy is needed everywhere
Whether in plants or for animals
Whether in trees or for human beings
Whether to live and to thrive
Energy from nature helps them grow and survive
So let there be light
Behind everything that happens
Is energy that changes from one form to another
Behind everything that is created
Is the energy that made it happen
Behind everything that is destroyed
Is the energy needed to make it happen
So let there be light
Wind blowing and water flowing
Are visible examples of natural energy
But from the sun came that energy, originally
The wind that turns the sails of a windmill
The sails of a sailing boat that fills
Are caused by the sun’s heat unto earth
The rain that falls from the sky
Was once ocean and lake and river
…water that evaporated back into the atmosphere
All because of the sun’s energy
So let there be light
The sun provides heat and light for all to feel and see
The sun provides all the energy the earth receives
Without the energy that reaches the earth through space
There would be no plant, no animal
No life in place
So let there be light
Energy from most alternative sources
…such as wind energy
Comes from the sun, originally
The sun’s energy stored in plants millions of years ago
Is released when fossil fuels are burned to get things going
So let there be light
Coal and oil and natural gas
Make up fossil fuels
Fossil fuels foist their own full foibles
Once burned they cannot be used again
…they run out
Gases emitted by fossil fuels pollute the earth
But let there be light
Hydroelectric energy
Geothermal energy
Wind energy
And solar energy
…are all renewable
They will never run out
No matter how long time spans out
So let there be light…always
Solar power has the brightest story to tell
When sunlight hits the special chemical in a solar cell
Electrical potential energy is produced
A large number of cells wired together
Provide all the energy needed forever
Then it becomes possible to use solar power on earth
As an alternative source of energy
As an affordable means to energy
So let there be light
Stay away from a doom source…from power cuts
Stay connected to an alternative energy source…solar source
Don’t ask in the dark for energy and power
Don’t burn in the heat in the midst of clean sunny power
Solve it with Solar Power
A-n-d t-h-e-r-e w-a-s l-i-g-h-t
