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Solar energy is a much more cleaner alternative to the fossil fuels that are currently burning around the planet. Solar panels take renewable energy from the sun, a source that can be assured won’t run out as “According to NASA, the sun has about 5 billion years left.” Fossil Fuels are not sustainable and are constantly contributing to climate change and global warming. However, solar energy is clean energy that emits no carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, and uses energy emitted from the sun. Replacing Fossil Fuels like coal, oil, and natural gas with solar energy through solar panels is a big step that can be taken to protect the planet.
The article was very interesting, not only by explaining how solar energy through solar panels is much more sustainable than fossil fuels, but how it is also much more cleaner and efficient as the sun always comes out during the day, and even if it is clouded, panels can store the energy from earlier. I also found it interesting how if you solely get your energy and electricity from a solar panel grid, your carbon footprint to almost 0. Ultimately the clean energy that solar panels give us is a great piece of environmentally friendly technology.
It is great that solar energy is so sustainable, I totally agree that it can make a huge impact on living a cleaner and more efficient life. In places where it is cloudy most of the year and there isn’t great weather, would solar energy still work if the sun is covered by clouds most of the time? Additionally, could solar energy be applied to things like public transportation which are one of the main contributors to emissions?
Thank you for your response! I am pretty sure clouds don’t block all sun rays, so good amounts of energy can still be absorbed by the solar panels. To your second question, I think it’s likely if we were to make solar energy one of the main energy sources in our society, then we could possibly be able to power things like public transport.