Tuesday, February 14, 2012

The Sun Provides The Earth A Free Power Supply: Solar Power Is Untapped Energy

By John McFrugal

The Sun is the cleanest and most inexpensive form of energy for the earth, yet it is widely ignored as an option for powering our energy needs. The Sun offer free, natural energy to the Earth every day. This energy is simple to harness and store. That fact that solar power is untapped energy must change soon.

Solar energy just might by the answer to all of our energy problems. We are so fixed on finding renewable forms of power when we have one readily available already. We must start using the terrific opportunity solar energy presents and we must start soon. Here are a few reasons that solar power would benefit the world.

Reason 1: Solar energy is clean energy.

It is true that using solar energy would reduce the amount of carbon dioxide being released into the air every day by power plants as well as homes and businesses. This would have the potential to slow down global warming and might even reverse it to an extent. At least the air we are breathing would be cleaner and that would make us healthier.

Second: Solar energy is amazingly inexpensive.

The untapped energy released by the Sun is possible the most inexpensive way to provide energy to home, businesses, and any other electricity-dependant entity. The biggest cost is in installing the technology that is needed to capture and convert the energy. After that, solar energy is free.

Reason 3: Solar energy is renewable energy.

Our Sun sends rays here to warm us and keep us alive; if we harness these rays for power they will not run out like other natural resources. The energy sent here by the Sun is completely safe for us to use as much as we need to. This gives us a 100% renewable energy source. The Sun's rays just renew automatically!

People are often concerned that cloudy days will make it so they have no power if the convert to solar energy; this is simply an all-too-common myth. Cloud cover may reduce the amount of solar energy collected, but the average cloud will not block the Sun completely. Solar energy can also be stored in a generator to be used later. A back-up source of power would still be recommended for now.

Solar power is untapped energy and tapping into it could greatly benefit the Earth and its inhabitants. There are too many compelling reasons to use the Sun's energy. It gives it to us for free so that we will be able to survive. It might be time to make a switch.

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