Eliminate energy problem using solar energy

**BORDEN11** · 19th June 2010 04:02 AM

It seems that the world is moving towards a new age of â€˜personalized solar energyâ€™ where the focus of energy production shifts from giant stations to individual homes and communities. This is one of the much discussed Solar Energy News these days. Solar energy is one among the in-expensive solutions of energy resource that can power many homes, and can also be used for vehicles like cars. These types of energy resources will help in keeping the environment clean. Personalized solar energy saving are highly beneficial for home owners.

According to energy researchers the global energy requirement will be very high by 2100 due to the rising standards in living and the alarming rate of human population. One of the creative solutions for energy problems is personalized solar energy, or the capture and storage of solar energy at individual level. This can meet worldâ€™s energy demands to a considerable extent, and can turn out to be a blessing for the poorer areas of the world that cannot afford an expensive mode of energy resource to meet their needs. Energy research reports give many economical and practical systems of solar energy storage. Most of them are often published in the journals as well as websites of leading energy research firms. A wise use of these solar energy storage methods can save the world & create a comprehensive solution for all energy problems. Letâ€™s expect more solar energy news from energy researchers!

**justoneman** · 19th June 2010 06:46 AM

The cost of a system just to generate electricity for an average house in an average area not including electricity for heating is about $100,000.00 The government is now providing incentives for installing such systems. I find this tax money redistribution wrong. Why should money be collected from me to pay for your house? Anyway even if these government tax redistribution incentives cut your costs in half you have to fork up $50,000. Frankly the electric bill I get is not that giant of a bill. It is one of many bills I pay. If I took out a home improvement loan to pay for such an install I would be paying on the order of 500 dollars a month for 10 years. In addition people who have installed such a unit have had difficulty selling their houses and getting their money back.

**justoneman** · 19th June 2010 06:49 AM

In addition there is a life expectancy to a photovotaic system of about 20 years.

http://www.jc-solarhomes.com/solar_energy_facts.htm

ELECTRICITY: Weâ€™ll need to produce 15,000KWHâ€™s to meet our yearly household electrical requirements. Thatâ€™s about 40KWH per day. Since an average of 4KWH/day is available weâ€™ll need a 10KW system to meet our yearly electrical requirements. The electricity produced by this 10KW system would have a value of about $4.00/day and require about twenty five 2 m2 panels that would occupy a surface area in excess of 600 square feet. An installed system like this could easily cost $100,000 at $10/watt. Incentive rebates could cut this cost in half, but even at a cost of $5/watt the payback period would be about 30years. If your good friends with an electrical contractor or if you do your own work you might be able to do a little better, but this is still a major investment for a product that has a live expectancy of 20 years. If the price per watt comes down to $1/watt or the price of electricity increases to $1/KWH Iâ€™m sure the ugly power lines that cut across our towns would soon be replaced by roofs decorated with PV panels. Until that time Iâ€™ll be exploring the possibilities of solar thermal energy.

**Six** · 19th June 2010 10:32 PM

Maybe by 2100 there will be real and practical solar power solutions but right now we're not even close. Natural gas is a immediate practical solution and a good way to transition into renewable energy but don't fool your self, a complete disconnect from oil is at least a couple of centuries out.

**Inkslinger** · 20th June 2010 06:14 AM

[quote name='Six' date='20 June 2010 - 12:32 AM' timestamp='1277008326' post='161339']

a complete disconnect from oil is at least a couple of centuries out.

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That's not because scientists are stumped on how to develope the technology, it's because Big Oil will not alllow

this progress until they can figure out how to capitalize on it.

**Amit** · 20th June 2010 06:26 AM

The systems which store the energy harnessed by the sun are the problem, not the solar cells themselves. A poster on another board pointed me towards this article:

http://www.gizmag.com/go/5228/

pretty good...

**wingrider** · 24th June 2010 12:37 AM

so let us see the results here.

we go off of oil production completely, build soalr panels and wind turbines, for electricity.. sounds good so far but..

what do we do with millions of cars that don't run on electricity?

what about other products that we derive from petrochemicals, like trash liners bottles, computer parts, and numerous other items,

we are back to the early 1900s thats cool..

and just think its only going to be another 100 years before the solar and wind technology can take the place of petrochemicals,,

whatever,, welcome to Obamas third world United States.

**Zaragrunudgeyon** · 24th June 2010 12:50 AM

Simple... too many people demanding too much power. For that you need the best most efficient energy per unit, and that is oil and natural gas. If 5 billion people died tomorrow, wind and solar might be viable.

**Midwest Media Critic** · 24th June 2010 02:58 AM

[quote name='wingrider' date='24 June 2010 - 02:37 AM' timestamp='1277361423' post='161862']

so let us see the results here.

we go off of oil production completely, build soalr panels and wind turbines, for electricity.. sounds good so far but..

what about other products that we derive from petrochemicals, like trash liners bottles, computer parts, and numerous other items,

we are back to the early 1900s thats cool..

and just think its only going to be another 100 years before the solar and wind technology can take the place of petrochemicals,,

whatever,, welcome to Obamas third world United States.

[/quote]what do we do with millions of cars that don't run on electricity?

Hiya Wingrider.........we convert these into vehicles that run on natural gas, hydrogen, and the new fuel source......Algae. Of course anything that is diesel can be replaced with vegetable oil.

**Zaragrunudgeyon** · 24th June 2010 10:49 PM

What's the problem anyway? There is a huge abundance of NG and oil, coal. It's cheap. The earth is NOT warming up. The climate is just as stable as it's always been. THERE IS NO PROBLEM!