Solar power and Eco living

Energy has quickly become one of the most important issues that effects the way mankind lives today. It is responsible for fueling life on this planet and comes almost exclusively from the sun, mainly through plants which can convert sunlight into energy. Those are the same plants that clean the air, feed children and decompose to become coal, oil, and natural gas, the most widely used energy sources today.

Unfortunately, burning these ancient plants contributes to the growing problem of pollution and the difficulty of procuring this energy is obvious, there are wars, genocides, and massacres associated with mineral exploitation of all kinds of which oil cartels are the largest contributors. But this death and destruction isn’t necessary, the sun provides ample energy for everyone and is quickly becoming available and affordable around the world.

Solar power and renewable energy sources are poised to disrupt many major energy distributors relentless pillage of land and resources in a number of ways. The sun can be used passively to heat homes and water with always increasing efficiency making it less and less necessary for heating with natural gas, electricity or coal. The sun can also be used to create electricity directly through the use of photovoltaic panels which eliminate much of the destruction of nature for energy sources and become cheaper and more efficient every day. Soon, entire buildings will be coated in energy producing photovoltaic films and be able to produce enough power even on cloudy days, though batteries will always be necessary for nighttime activities.

While solar power has been slowly fulfilling its amazing promise of clean, ample, and cheap energy, there are a number of methods, some cutting edge new and many amazingly ancient, that have been brewing in the background that may blow solar power out of the water.

Water is one of those powers that has been harnessed since ancient times, and it is still used in similar ways today with dams, but there is a lot of potential in water when you begin to look at it molecularly, H20 is water, but H2 and O2 are incredible explosive fuels as well, the former being used in rocket engines. Fuel cells often create water as a by-product, or use such simple, safe, and inert methods that they have become a dark horse contender in this race for clean sustainable energy.

Wind is another ancient source of power and can be used for driving mechanical tasks as it did in the past to making electricity which is how it is often implemented today. There are many different forms and ways of harnessing power but one of the easiest way to make a difference is by using less power, walking more, turning off the lights, eating foods grown locally, and other conservative uses of energy.

 

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