By, Kenzie
Have you ever thought about what people will do when gas runs out? How will people get to other places? Solar power energy will be an excellent alternative-energy resource when gas runs out. Solar power energy mainly has advantages and benefits, which is why the United States should use it. Solar power energy could save Earth from Global Warming. What is Global Warming? Global Warming is when gas, coal, and other fossil fuels pollute the Earth’s atmosphere, the atmosphere of Earth thickens. When the atmosphere thickens, the rays from the sun go through the atmosphere, and get trapped inside Earth, which makes Earth warmer. It is also known as the Green House Effect. What really should happen, if humans didn’t pollute the Earth, is the atmosphere wouldn’t be as thick, so the rays from the sun would go through the atmosphere, and some of the suns rays would stay inside the Earth, while the other rays would go back outside of Earths atmosphere.
What are some reasons why the United States should use solar power energy? A reason why the United States should use solar power energy is because it doesn’t pollute the air. When a resource doesn’t pollute the air, it is a good resource. Solar power energy is a great resource since it doesn’t pollute the air, so it could easily replace gas. If it could replace gas, we could save the Earth from Global Warming. Global Warming can cause a lot of disastrous phenomenons. Phenomenons that are caused by Global Warming include, ice/glaciers melting (even Alaska), more disastrous hurricanes/cyclones/typhoons, and many more disastrous phenomenons.
What is another reason why the United States should use solar power energy? Another reason that the United States should use solar power energy is because it is a renewable resource. Solar power energy being renewable is a good thing. Since it is renewable, you can use over, and over again, until the sun blows up in over a billion years. It also means that solar power energy could replace gas for over a billion years.
Another reason that solar power energy is an excellent resource is because it is better than most of the other resources. For example, geothermal energy people have to dig very far down into the Earth in some areas of the world to find it; hydroelectric energy dams kill some fish as they are swimming in the water and deteriorate the soil around the water; nuclear energy is so dangerous that it can destroy life completely; coal gives off more pollutants than gas and isn’t renewable; gas gives off pollutants and isn’t renewable; wind energy has to be blowing for it to work, people don’t like the look of windmills everywhere, and birds can die from the propellers.
There are many advantages for solar power energy, but there are also some disadvantages. One disadvantage about solar power energy is that solar panels are expensive and some people can’t afford them (for an entire solar home, heats, lights, water, and electricity, is $100,000-$200,000, or more). Another disadvantage about solar power energy is that some areas in the United States aren’t sunny year round. When it isn’t sunny, people would have to either use batteries in their solar panels, or they would have to place the panels on the roof where the sun hits the most, if they want a lot of power. Even though there are some disadvantages, solar power energy is a great alternative-energy source, because it has many more benefits than disadvantages.
Overall the United States should use solar power energy to heat their homes, use electricity, and to do many other things that you do everyday. Don’t you want to have electricity when you get older? Then please try to do something about it, and switch to solar power energy!
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4 comments:
Just by looking at your introduction I can see that you're off to a good start. You should not use the phrase "we are going to be talking about" in your essay. If you need help with this, please see me or Mr. Fletcher. Good job so far.
Kenzie, seems like you're doing well so far. You should include more facts to back up your information. If you need help with this please see me or mr. fletcher.
On cloudy days solar panels will still work. They won't generate as much energy as on a sunny day but they won't stop working completely. It's important to understand how solar works:
Solar panels produce DC electricity but your home runs on AC electricity so you need an inverter to switch the power over to AC. From there we put a breaker in your breaker box. Once that clean electricity gets to your breaker box it will immediately start looking for open electric loads (lights, refrigerator, clocks) then anything else you are producing form the solar panels goes right back to your electric meter and literally spins the meter backwards ! When you spin your meter backwards it is called Net-Metering. Where the utility has to give you a dollar for dollar watt for watt exchange on the power you produce.
If you are not producing enough electricity from the solar you can always supplement from the power grid.
This is good because it prevents the use of batteries. Batteries are expensive; you need to maintenance them, and replace them every five to seven years.
You can also mention that without batteries these solar electric systems are virtually maintenance free!
In addition most homes do not try to do all of their electric power. They supplement their power, even if its only a third of their power. People look at solar electric costs as really high. Essentially you are paying for a portion your electricity upfront for the next 25 years plus. In addition because solar systems are modular in nature you can always add solar panels on to your existing system as needs, wants and budget increases.
So you mentioned lights, heat, water and electricity. Keep it simple because, one you are never going to want to heat with electric, and heating your water requires a completely different solar panel.
The average home in New England uses between 600 to 800 kilowatt hours a month. If you are using about 600 kilowatt hours a month a starting system from groSolar can provide about 1/3rd of your electric bill for about $12,000. Thats about 10 panels which included installation. So for the price of an average used car you can produce 1/3rd of your electricity for the next 25 years plus.
You can also mention that many states offer incentives and rebates to help pay for your system.
If you have questions please feel free to email me.
A very nice article. Thanks for sharing.
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