Because sometimes the world is a just and good place, the football season is upon us. In the preseason, you may have heard of some pretty big changes made up in Green Bay, home of the Packers. I’m talking, of course, about the Packers’ decision to use renewable energy to power Lambeau Field for all home games this season. From the Green Bay Press Gazette:

The renewable power –generated by wind turbines near De Pere and Fond du Lac and biogas facilities in Northeastern Wisconsin — will cost about 15 percent more than standard power, but is a step at making Lambeau Field more environmentally friendly.

Powering a football stadium for only one game is no small task - each Sunday the Packers “expect to use about 1.2 million kilowatt hours for game day efforts this year — enough electricity to power 140 homes for a year.” So using renewable energy for all those kilowatt hours is a great step for environmentalism. In fact,

Charlie Schrock, president and chief executive officer of Wisconsin Public Service Corp., said the Packers’ decision to use renewable energy would save the energy equivalent of 500 tons of coal or the annual greenhouse gases created by 187 cars.

Good work, football. Also, thanks for being awesome. Anyhow, you can takepart here and keep up to date with renewable energy news from ScienceDaily.