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Solar power systems can be made to be profitable and practical. There is a lot of talk about solar energy in these days of green energy and with the debate about dependence on oil to provide for our energy needs. But solar is a complex issue. If it was a simple way to power our homes and communities then we would all have solar power in our homes.
It is an easy concept, using the rays of the sun to produce electricity, but the practical method of harnessing the sun’s energy and converting into usable power is still more complicated than the traditional electrical turbine based energy grid system.
But why not use the sun to power our homes and neighborhoods? After all the sun provides all the energy everyone and everything on earth needs to survive. We should at least be able to use the sun to watch TV.
Some have built solar power grids for their house to power their TV, and their coffee maker, their microwave oven, and even the lights in their home.
Their system begins with solar panels on their roof that take in sun rays that heat copper tubes that creates electrical energy that is changed into electric current and put through a twelve volt battery attached to a condenser that provides the power for the home.
The system has to be still connected to a traditional power grid because it has to be recharged three or four times a year because solar power can be stored but to make sure the system does not fail due to improper storage capacity it needs to be recharged.
This system will save the homeowner money on his electric bill, but the system costs about a thousand dollars if you plan to install it yourself. You will pay more of course if you have someone install it for you. But this is the ingenuity that is creating new and practical ideas and inventions.
Up until recently solar power has been a novel idea. The solar panel provides a creative means for university students to research a class project. But now energy is in the news as the effects it has on our environment.
Solar energy at this time can power your TV, microwave oven, and coffee maker. But solar panels cannot be used to run your clothes washer, dryer, or refrigerator. Technology is not available yet to run these larger appliances.
Whatever your opinion about environmental issues like global warming you have to agree that burning oil and coal and sending smoke up into the air is just not good for the air we all breathe. Now is the time we all give solar panel a serious look. We need to develop the technology that will, at least in part, make this a cleaner world to live.
But if the technology is to be created it will only occur if private companies will be able to profit from solar power systems they build. Solar power has to be made into a profitable business. Perhaps in the next few years we see more and more homes powered by the rays of the sun.
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