Advantages Of Solar Energy

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The use of solar energy with today’s technology would greatly decrease much of the harm to the environment, as well as eventually alleviate much of the world’s financial strain on both a large and small scale level. Since there are many categories of solar energy it is important to find the one most suitable for the entire world’s population. Through out my research I have found that the best method of utilizing solar energy is that of solar cells for the simple fact that the benefits of using a solar cell system clearly outweigh the costs in comparison to the ratio of the other systems. Of the six disadvantages discussed in the class textbook (Need access to sun, Low efficiency, Need electricity storage system or backup, High land use, high costs, and DC current must be converted to AC) all are seemingly not a huge sacrifice. The most important problem that I can see, as far as for the U.S. consumer industry, is the high cost, which is expected to reach a competitive level for the energy industry within the next 10 to 15 years. The solar cell model, in my opinion would most surly come as a great advantage for much of the third world especially. Many of the third world countries do not have significant, if any, restraints on the amount of dangerous emissions allowed to enter the environment, a change to solar cell energy would eliminate a large portion of the pollution coming form these countries, not to mention the fact that the majority of the third would countries lie closer to the equator then the rest of the 1st world, a great bonus for sun accessibility.
Another major issue concerning energy is that of nuclear energy. Based on the discussion with my classmates, and the information given in the lecture, I have to lean my opinion toward promoting the use of nuclear energy; but with some limitations. The high costs of building the nuclear power plants seems to have been an issue of the past because of frequently changing laws...