Solar Power Systems Can They Be Profitable And Practical?
Solar power systems are a hot item today because of all the talk about green energy and because of the ongoing political debate about foreign oil dependence. However, solar energy is not a simple issue scientifically. If it was simple, the sun would be providing energy to power our homes and our communities.
Solar energy is a simple idea, but is still not as practical or profitable as the electrical turbine based power grid system we now use as our energy supply source.
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.
They installed a system of solar panels on their roof that collects sun rays to heat a series of copper tubes that creates electrical power that is converted to electrical current that is channeled through twelve volt batteries attached to condensers which provides usable power for their 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.
But the system saves the homeowner money on his electric bill. The system runs about a thousand dollars not including installation. But it is this type of ingenuity that drives new thinking and new 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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