Solar Energy Use In The United States
Global warming is an issue that has been plaguing the earth for several decades. Some effects of global warming are apparent as witnessed by increasing temperatures, bigger storms, heat waves, torrential rain pour, melting of glaciers in the Antarctic and rising sea levels. The cause of global warming is the emission of carbon dioxide (CO2) through burning of fossil fuels. Petroleum products are the most notorious fossil fuel used by mankind for activities of daily living and development of nations. Haruna Chiroma et. al., in the research article “Global Warming: Predicting OPEC Carbon Dioxide Emissions from Petroleum Consumption using Neural Network and Hybrid Cuckoo Search Algorithm” noted that the energy consumption of Organization of the
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Solar panels at the beginning were very big, heavy and not efficient. Due to the disastrous effects of global warming, there has been a push by the government to fund solar energy projects to make them more efficient and accessible. Sammy Zahran et. al. reports, in the research article “Greening Local Energy: Explaining the Geographic Distribution of Household Solar Energy use in the United States”, President Carter envisioned that by the year 2000 a great majority of American household will be powered by solar energy. Because of government support for the development of solar technology and policies that promotes use of renewable energy, the use of solar energy has never been more accessible to the American public. In the Central Valley alone we have land developers that include solar technologies in the houses that they build. Granville Homes, a land developer in the Central Valley has homes that come equipped with solar panels. This is one way that has made solar panels accessible to ordinary Americans. The concept of leasing solar panels was offered a few years ago. Families who can’t afford to pay for the outright cost of solar panels, leasing is their best option. According to Ethan Goffman’s article “Making Solar Affordable: Solar Leasing is taking off-but does it make financial sense?”, the concept of solar leasing was introduced by SolarCity in 2008. This leasing schema has become a viable option for many households in the valley. Homes in the valley can have solar panels installed in their homes possible, because of different payment options offered by solar companies. Improvements in solar technology has made solar panels more lightweight and flexible. These lightweight panels have made their way into cars, gadgets and in most newly built EcoSmart homes. The energy policies created by the government makes it affordable for the average American. Solar energy power is now a
Solar panels at the beginning were very big, heavy and not efficient. Due to the disastrous effects of global warming, there has been a push by the government to fund solar energy projects to make them more efficient and accessible. Sammy Zahran et. al. reports, in the research article “Greening Local Energy: Explaining the Geographic Distribution of Household Solar Energy use in the United States”, President Carter envisioned that by the year 2000 a great majority of American household will be powered by solar energy. Because of government support for the development of solar technology and policies that promotes use of renewable energy, the use of solar energy has never been more accessible to the American public. In the Central Valley alone we have land developers that include solar technologies in the houses that they build. Granville Homes, a land developer in the Central Valley has homes that come equipped with solar panels. This is one way that has made solar panels accessible to ordinary Americans. The concept of leasing solar panels was offered a few years ago. Families who can’t afford to pay for the outright cost of solar panels, leasing is their best option. According to Ethan Goffman’s article “Making Solar Affordable: Solar Leasing is taking off-but does it make financial sense?”, the concept of solar leasing was introduced by SolarCity in 2008. This leasing schema has become a viable option for many households in the valley. Homes in the valley can have solar panels installed in their homes possible, because of different payment options offered by solar companies. Improvements in solar technology has made solar panels more lightweight and flexible. These lightweight panels have made their way into cars, gadgets and in most newly built EcoSmart homes. The energy policies created by the government makes it affordable for the average American. Solar energy power is now a