9/7/12

why to build solar panels?

why to build solar panels?

Ever since electricity has been invented, we have used every effort to hunt all the fossils hidden underneath the earth to sustain the ever growing demand of electric power. We have always thought that the black gold will never drain and will forever give us the power that we need. But up until the recent years that we finally realized that it will soon be gone and we have to search for other alternatives that will be renewable and abundant. It was not long until we found that the biggest yielding energy that we know has been staring down at us and just waiting to utilize. We can harvest and store the energy that the sun emits when we make-up solar panels and expose it directly under the sun.

 At present, other renewable energy that are explored extensively which is also renewable is the power that can be generated from wind. Its downside however is, not all areas in the world are blessed with the abundance of wind. Unlike when you choose to get the solar energy and build solar panels, it will always be available day after day anywhere. The steady flow of water through dams has been with us since the early 20th century and it had wonderfully worked well for us, but it would need oil to help it go in a bigger scale. 

 The rising cost of electricity in the world had brought out the ingenuity of mankind. It had spawned the best design on how to build solar panels that are less costly. In the internet, solar panel designs are readily available and you can actually do it yourself. This renewable energy generating device has also tickled the concern of every science high school and has been doing a yearly fest on what is the best design. It has always been known that it order to bring out the best, they have to rival with each other. And so far, a lot of promising designs that was born out of this fest are now undergoing massive research on how to bring it in a larger scale.

 In Europe and in the United States, a lot of homes have already been constructed and is powered solely by solar energy. The design of the house is not like the typical home that we are so used to. These houses were specifically built to adapt and be compatible with the power that will be coming from the sun. Contractors build solar panels at the roof, windows, doors and any adjacent empty lot where the sun is plentiful. The cost of building these houses is expectedly higher but in the long run, it will turn out to be more useful because no electric bill will come your way each month. 

 So in these times of uncertainty and rising cost of electricity, it is fundamental for everyone to look at the option of utilizing the energy coming from the sun. Government as well must be looking for ways to promote ways on how to build solar panels right at their constituents backyard. It is only through getting power from renewable resources that we can give solution to our impending energy crisis in the future.

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