My guest today is Ron Kamen, CEO of EarthKind Energy Consulting and host of the AWESome EarthKind Podcast. Ron's life mission is to empower everyday people to make clean energy transitions, to reduce their carbon footprint and save the money. For more than three decades, Ron has energized communities, governments, nonprofits, and businesses to increase their energy efficiency and switch to renewable energy. Ron's now building an online community of awesome, earth kind people ready to go clean and save green. Today. I've asked Ron to explain our current electricity system and the renewable energy alternatives as if we are fifth graders. And then he's also sharing tips on how you can reduce your carbon footprint and save money today.