| In recent years the energy crisis and associated | | | | obstacles preventing more homeowners from having |
| problems like carbon emissions and global warming | | | | solar energy systems installed on their homes is the |
| have grabbed the headlines and created awareness | | | | perceived initial expense involved. |
| of the imperative need to make changes to the way | | | | This is a reasonable concern, but one that should |
| we live and use - and abuse - our natural resources, | | | | diminish over time, as the technology used to |
| in particular our energy usage. | | | | produce solar panels gets better and the panels |
| Energy resources such as fossil fuels have always | | | | themselves become more efficient and cheaper. The |
| appeared to be in plentiful supply, or so we've been | | | | price of solar panels has dropped dramatically over |
| lead to believe, and, as a result, the way we've used | | | | the last five years or so, while their efficiency has |
| those resources has been pretty cavalier. They've | | | | increased proportionally. |
| always been regarded as being in infinite supply and | | | | Exciting Things To Come |
| we've never really concerned ourselves with the | | | | There are many exciting developments being |
| effect of our ever-increasing reliance on them on the | | | | discussed and developed in the area of solar energy. |
| environment. | | | | New ways to make the most of the energy from |
| The effect has, of course, been disastrous, as | | | | the sun are coming onto the market all the time, |
| evidenced by the effects of carbon emissions on the | | | | such as silicon being installed in drapes to capture the |
| earth's atmosphere and the resultant global warming. | | | | sunlight coming in through windows. |
| As a result, attention has turned to what we need to | | | | We'll see solar infiltrating our lives increasingly in the |
| do to stop the advance of global warming and to the | | | | future, as more and more everyday tasks and |
| adoption of alternative energy sources, with the | | | | devices are converted to use more of the sun's |
| spotlight falling on solar energy in particular. | | | | energy that's currently going to waste. We're seeing |
| Solar Energy Abundance | | | | major advances in solar transportation in the form of |
| Solar energy is energy from the sun that's supplied | | | | solar planes and boats, and the solar car, currently in |
| to us freely and abundantly every day. And that's | | | | the experimental stage, can't be too far behind. The |
| the great thing about solar energy - it's overly | | | | day of the solar high-speed train can't be too far |
| abundant (more than six thousand times the amount | | | | away either. |
| of energy used by the entire planet annually reaches | | | | Solar has been used to further the space race, so it's |
| the earth in one day!), and it's there for us to take | | | | already proven its worth many times over. With the |
| advantage of. | | | | threat of global warming increasing and the dwindling |
| With fossil fuels rapidly disappearing and projected to | | | | supply of fossil fuels available, it's important that we |
| be exhausted before too much longer, making use of | | | | take steps to develop alternative energy supplies as |
| the sun's energy is now more important than ever. | | | | rapidly as possible. |
| Technology Getting Better And Cheaper | | | | Solar is a known quantity with limitless potential, and |
| Governments throughout the world, lead by the | | | | expanding its use into all areas of life is not only wise |
| United States in particular, are placing increasing | | | | but essential for the future of our children and their |
| importance on the need to adopt solar power more | | | | planet. |
| rapidly and more comprehensively. One of the major | | | | |