Solar will be the top energy source within 20 years

The end of fossil fuels is coming soon. This is one of the prime motivators for renewable energy proponents. The future of solar energy is now. Solar and wind power are quickly becoming cheaper and more abundant. Soon renewable sources will entirely replace fossil fuels worldwide. This will be determined primarily by lawmakers, some of whom have been accepting money from the fossil fuel industry for years.  Some ignorant politicians continue to press for more oil and gas production, even in sensitive areas like the Arctic. The rising tide of solar photovoltaics and wind energy offers the only realistic opportunity of avoiding dangerous climate change. There are no environmental solutions to fossil fuels, and it is difficult to envision any response to climate change that does not involve solar and wind energy. What other are renewable resources ready to go now?

Benefits of solar power

The earth will have sunshine and wind for billions of years to come unless man makes the planet too toxic to inhabit. Most of the world’s population lives at low latitudes (less than 35°), where sunlight is abundant and shows little variation between seasons. Wind energy is also widely available, particularly at higher latitudes and in coastal and desert regions. Solar and wind have minimal environmental impacts and water requirements. The raw materials for PV – silicon, oxygen, hydrogen, carbon, aluminum, glass, steel and small amounts of other materials – are in unlimited supply.

We need total replacement of fossil fuels

Total replacement of all fossil fuels requires solar and wind collectors covering much less than 1% of the world’s land surface area. A large percentage of the collectors are installed on rooftops and in remote and arid regions, thus minimizing competition with food production and ecosystems. The more widely solar and wind generation are distributed across the world, the less the risk of wide-scale disruption from natural disasters, war, and terrorism. The solar thermal industry is hundreds of times smaller than the fast-growing PV industry (because of higher costs). Hydropower, geothermal, wave and tidal energy are only significant prospects in some regions but there is hope that technology will give a boost to these nascent technologies.
Biomass energy is not efficient and its requirement for soil, water and fertilizer put it in conflict with food production and ecosystems. Nuclear is too expensive, and its construction rates are too slow to catch PV and wind. There is no safe way to store the wastes generated by nuclear power and there is no safe level of radiation.

There has never been a better time to install a solar power system!

Solar power is here to stay, and the sooner you explore how much you can save, the sooner you can enjoy the benefits of residential solar power. Go to HahaSmart.com and try our price checker tool. It tells you how much solar power you need, and how much you can save.

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