Tuesday, October 7, 2008

Save The Environment and Your Money With Solar Panels

By Thomas Murphy

The largest sources of energy that we are currently using will eventually run dry. As we run out of non-renewable sources of energy, they are also getting more expensive. Renewable sources of energy are the way of the future but many people still don't believe that it is cost-effective for their own homes.

Costly and Complex? Not anymore!

Getting somebody to install your own solar panels for you may cost more than $3000 dollars. But it's easy to learn to install your own!

There are many guides on the internet that you can read to learn how to do it, and save yourself thousands of dollars. Solar panels can be installed on the roof of your house and can save you 80% or more on your electricity bill.

Many of these manuals are easy enough that anybody with basic knowledge of tools and access to a hardware store can do it. Alternative energy is low-maintenance and low-cost, and the price is dropping every day due to better technology.

Government Supports Solar Power

Any manual worth the price should show you how to do this.

A lot of governments are realising the importance of renewable energy, so many of them offer support for those who install it. You can get thousands back from the government, depending on the scale of your project, no strings attached.

Power Companies Will Also Give You Money

If you produce more electricity than you use, your power company will give you a check! Putting more energy into the grid with renewable energy helps reduce the use of earth-consuming energies like coal.

Save the Environment But Don't Pay The Price

So you can sit and watch TV shows about global warming all day or you can be one of the people who actually goes out and does something about it...

Now that you can actually profit from going green, you have no excuse!

Wondering how to get started?

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