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By: Robert Matthews


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As energy prices rise and technology improves, greater numbers of families are turning to solar power for their homes. You'll find two main motivations to switch your home to solar power. The first is altruistic and the other is purely selfish. Both are logical. The altruistic motive would be to preserve our Earth for future generations. We have all heard the concept of climatic change and how the burning of coal, oil and gas contributes to it. Solar power uses no fossil fuels, produces no carbon dioxide and will help control global warming in the long term. The selfish component of the issue is that though oil, gas and coal are growing a lot more expensive year by year, solar electric power is free. Take a look at your gas and electric bill for the month or the quarter or even the year and imagine a lifetime without that bill. So, preserve the Earth and save dollars. Let's take a look at five reasons converting to solar is a good idea now.

1) Solar power is free of charge and plentiful - there's more than enough solar energy hitting the Earth each and every day to provide energy to every residence on the planet. As coal and oil become much more expensive, it's calculated that the demand for alternative forms of electricity will increase by 53% over the next few years.

2) Solar panel electricity is clean, renewable and sustainable. The sun isn't going to run out of power in the near future. If the sun does stop sending energy to us for some reason, we'll have no more use for electrical electrical power. Meanwhile we are buying oil from places wherever people hate us or else we're dumping into our oceans trying to extract it or transport it. And fossil fuel energy plants belch sulfur dioxide, nitrogen oxide, carbon dioxide and even mercury into our air. Solar power provides electricity with none of the unhealthy pollutants.

3) Photovoltaic solar panels for your house are simple to make and to install on most residential rooftops. Photovoltaic technological innovation has improved to the point that solar panels for the property are more efficient. This means each panel can generate much more electric power than older technology panels and fewer are necessary to generate power for a residence. Also residential solar panels don't need much or any maintenance. Solar panels provide power for satellites in space where the temperatures are extreme and some have been traveling for decades with nobody at all to maintain them.

4) There's lots of sunshine where ever you live. Okay, there are a couple of areas where it's cloudy or rainy a lot of the time and solar energy might not be suitable there. But in most parts of the nation, there is ample sunshine to make residential solar energy a possibility.

5) Even though costs of photo voltaic technology are coming down, numerous states are still offering tax deductions or credits to property owners who install solar panels. With lower prices and tax rebates to boot, the selfish argument for solar panels is appearing more powerful each day. If you're likely to live in your residence for several years, the initial cost of installing solar panels will more than pay for itself. In the event that you plan to move in a couple of years, the asking price of a solar house will more than offset the initial outlay. Wouldn't you pay more for a residence that came with no gas and electrical bills?

You'll be able to start reaping the rewards of a solar powered property at once in the form of cost savings and in conservation of our resources. But think ahead about all electric cars. Right now you'll find only a handful of electrically powered cars available for sale, but as engineering improves there will be more. There is a great demand for them. Now, imagine owning an electric car that you can charge with solar power your produce with your own home! Save money or save the planet, which ever motivates you, you'll be the winner.

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