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Solar Power Systems, Profitable And Practical?
Written by Adriana Noton   
Sunday, 25 July 2010 08:21
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.
by AdrianaNoton


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.

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.

It would seem simple enough since the sun produces all the energy needed for everyone and everything in the world to survive to use the sun to power our television.

Some do watch TV with solar energy. They have built a solar power grid in their home to power their appliances and even to light their home. Not everyone has the ability or the know how to install a solar power grid in their home, but those who have build systems that work and this demonstrates what individuals with ideas can do.

Their system has solar panels on their roofs that collect sun rays that heat copper tubing which produces electrical energy that is converted into electrical current and channeled through twelve volt batteries and condensers which then provide power.

This kind of set up still needs a traditional power grid because it has to be recharged every three months because solar power cannot always be stored effectively.

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 a solar panel has been a novel idea, 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.

Now is the time to take a look at solar power is a new light. And even if some people are only using solar panels to power their TV, or coffee maker, or microwave oven, it is a start and a step in the right direction.

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 power a serious look. We need to develop the technology that will, at least in part, make this a cleaner world to live.

But if we are to go forward with solar power systems that can power all of our homes and our communities then solar power has to be profitable and practical. Right now, solar power can run your small appliances but it cannot run your clothes washer or dryer, or your refrigerator. And there is not enough profit for business to develop new technology to make solar power common place in every home. But times are changing and perhaps is a few years solar power will be the standard.

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