great thing about the energy of the sun is that it is truly given to us without any need to extract it. The only environmental problems come from how we go about extracting, or then using, this energy from the light. You need far less equipment to use sunlight directly, without first turning it into electrical power. Solar energy is only a solution, in any form, if we also concentrate on finding more efficient, and intelligent, solutions to our problems. Photovoltaic is comparable in price to natural gas if it is integrated into a smarter system (as a utility, instead of small, levels of generation). Still, the creation, installation, and maintenance of these panels themselves costs time, resources, and energy. Photovoltaic cannot outcompete the still growing market share of coal without environmental costs being at least somewhat reflected in the costs of operation. Companies are sworn to uphold the pursuit of profit, so why do industries that go against the common good get subsidies so often? Good examples would be factory farming or giant monocultures. I am sure you could go find at least a dozen examples in less than 10 minutes, whatever country you live in, if you really wanted to. It is also a fact that China spends the most on renewable energy than any nation and is, right now, building the infrastructure for more solar power than the U.S. has at all.
Posted on: Sun, 17 Aug 2014 21:54:25 +0000
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