Solar Power Systems, 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.

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 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 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 saves the homeowner money on his electric bill, but the system will cost up to a thousand dollars to install yourself and will cost more if you pay someone to install it for you so you have to take that initial pay out into consideration. But this type of ingenuity is what drives new ideas 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 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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