Drawbacks Of Solar Energy

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Electricity, something that everybody wants and needs. Most methods of electricity production are not environmentally friendly and are not reliable over long periods of time. All of the sources that we are burning are harmful to the environment and to our futures. We release 21.3 billion tonnes of carbon emissions into the atmosphere a year, but only half of that is naturally taken care of. We are slowly killing the planet for the next generation, and for thousands of years to come if we stay at this rate of fuel consumption. There are things we can do to save the planet and end global warming! Because eventually we will run out of coal, natural gas, and crude oil. We are destroying our planet from the inside out, It is our mission and obligation to ensure that the earth is still around for future generations, we have a solution, and it is alternative energy.

One solution, and one of the most commonly known is solar power. This source of power comes directly from the sun and over a 25 year period you can keep 110,000 pounds of carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere and you save 60,000 pounds of coal from being burned. Solar power works by using photovoltaic (PV) cells that convert the sunlight directly into electricity and are mostly reliable and are a clean solution. Some drawbacks of solar energy are The fact that in some cold places where there is not much in the way of solar energy and are terrible places for solar panels, and they are also not reliable when you have

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