How solar improves the earth

For many different reasons, an increasing number of households are choosing to install solar panels on their home. For some, this is to help contribute to a cleaner world. For others, their solar installation is all about a reduction in their energy costs. By using the power that you’ve generated on your own roof, you can eliminate your electric bill and become less reliant on the power grid.  However, solar power is also a great sustainable, green energy choice that is earth-friendly at a time when it has become imperative that we reduce our carbon footprint. Solar energy doesn’t only have the benefit of reducing your electricity bills; it also has wide-ranging benefits for our planet. But the key to success in achieving the world's climate goals is for millions of homes and businesses to install a solar energy system. Climate scientists report that their rather gloomy initial projections were actually much too optimistic and we must begin to reduce our carbon emissions immediately. Solar power is the obvious solution especially since solar is such an excellent investment. Who wouldn't want to generate their own energy? Some of the key advantages of solar energy in the environment include:

Solar helps us use less water

Water is one of our most precious and increasingly endangered natural resources. We live on one of the driest continents on the planet, and we run the risk of running out of fresh water in the near future. Traditional electricity production uses thousands of gallons of water each year. Water is used for cooling generators, processing, and refining fuel and moving fuel through pipes. Producing power through solar panels, however, uses no water whatsoever. The performance of solar photovoltaic cells doesn’t require water to generate electricity, reducing the strain on this precious resource. The only water needed is rainwater to naturally clean the panels when they get dirty.

Solar helps reduce air pollution

Burning fossil fuels has turned our urban air into smog unfit for anyone to breathe. Electricity generation from fossil fuels generates harmful carbon dioxide and methane gases that lower the quality of the air we breathe. Breathing poor quality air daily can have dreadful consequences for our health. Air pollution has been linked to asthma and allergies, bronchitis, pneumonia, headaches, anxiety, heart attacks and some cancers. Using the sun to generate more and more of our power means less and less harmful discharges from burning fossil fuels. Generating electricity from solar panels produce no harmful emissions, and the more homes and businesses that rely on solar power means less lethal emissions from fossil fuels into our air.  With solar energy powering a home or business, there is no combustion of fuel and no emissions from energy production.

Reducing your household’s carbon footprint with solar

Solar energy is the cleanest sources of energy, and it’s an extremely effective way of making your household more efficient and sustainable. Solar panels don’t use any water to generate electricity at a time when water scarcity, especially in the western states is a huge problem. Solar panels don’t release harmful gases into the environment, and the source of their energy is omnipresent and, best of all, free. Using solar energy instead of the fossil fuel-based electricity from the grid also means you reduce the need for carbon dioxide releasing energy to be produced for the grid on your behalf. With even a small solar power system installed on your home, you can help reduce your household’s carbon footprint.

Now is a great time to join the solar revolution!

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