| Solar Energy Advantages Disadvantages - The | | | | utility energy needed for heating and cooling |
| technological advances achieve in the use of solar | | | | equipment. The downside (solar energy advantages |
| energies today is staggering. Now, it is possible to | | | | disadvantages) of this system that it is expensive to |
| use the sunlight for solar lighting, heating or cooling, | | | | install and also that you will have no control over the |
| water treatment, cooking, and the generation of | | | | exact temperature of the room. |
| electricity. Despite its wide array of use, (solar | | | | If you would like to use solar energy to heat water, |
| energy advantages disadvantages) the use of solar | | | | you will need to purchase a specialized solar water |
| energy in our everyday lives remains minimal. | | | | heater to be installed on your roof. This equipment |
| Every region on earth (besides the Artic and | | | | costs ten times the price of a conventional water |
| Antarctica) receives sunlight all year long. It is a | | | | heater and the return on investments is slow; unless |
| universal source of energy that is free and readily | | | | you build it yourself of course. |
| available for everyone. Solar energy also is clean and | | | | Besides solar electricity, if you would like to use solar |
| sustainable. So what is stopping us from using solar | | | | power for any other activities, it almost always |
| energy in our everyday lives? | | | | involves the purchase and installation of expensive |
| Our daily lives revolve around the use of electricity. If | | | | equipments. Ironically, not everyone can afford this |
| we are warm, we purchase an air conditioner and | | | | 'free' energy. |
| plug it in. If we are cold, we purchase a heater and | | | | Of all the various developments of solar energy, the |
| plug it in. How different would it be if we were to | | | | production of photovoltaic cells is most promising. |
| use solar energy? Well firstly we would have to install | | | | The mass production of solar electricity can greatly |
| thermal mass on our roofs. Thermal mass stores the | | | | reduce our carbon footprint on the planet. The world |
| sun's warmth during the day and release it during the | | | | would be a better place the day when the electricity |
| night. This material keeps the home in a steady | | | | flowing out of our home's power sockets comes |
| temperature range and reduces the amount of paid | | | | from the sun. |