The term "green energy" is very often used in today's social media and in conversation all around the country. For many people, the term is not well understood or well defined. This article is meant to provide you with a simple way for you to understand what people mean when they say it and provide you with a basic understanding of green energy so that you can discuss it should the topic arise.
Green energy is a catch all term meant to describe appliances and devices that help conserve energy or methods of energy production that are more environmentally friendly than traditional energy production like coal burning. Green energy can be solar power, wind power, water power, steam power, tidal power or even human power as in using a bike to generate electricity. There are dozens of different mechanisms that can be referred to as "green energy" and it is difficult to keep them all in mind, just try to remember that they all refer to methods of energy production that do not harm the environment with caustic byproducts of the production method.