The Futur of Green Energy
Existing type of renewable energy
The sun is the most powerful natural energy source on the planet. Every day, 365 days per year The sun gives us energy in the form of light and heat all year long. A major part of this energy remain unused, while instead we burn carbon fuels, which in trun is become scarce and therefore more expensive to provide. The matter will only get worse for those who continue to rely on fossil fuels, we cannot wait any longer and must use as much as possible this renewable energy.
Solar Heating
Typically you will get about 80% saving of that electricity that your electric geyser is going to use from your solar water heater. Those consumers that can afford it are turning to solar systems
An renewable that most consumers have hardly heard about is a heat pump. Its largest selling point is that it costs you much less upfront. With the heat pump you have a payback period of less than two years. With the solar panel you get a payback of in the region of about four years and with the cheap solar panel in the area of about six years.
Buying a solar system may take about 5-8 years to pay itself, but taking advantage of federal tax credits and state, it may be paid much earlier. Solar water heaters also last much longer than gas or electric water heaters. Until your have fully paid your system, you are also investing in your environment and the planet.
Wind Turbine
Probably the second most popular residential source of green energy is the home wind turbine. Wind energy, like solar, takes advantage of a natural phenomenon to produce green energy, with few costs after the first installation.
Energy Saving Lighting
To some, the phase out of the humble incandescent light bulb that has served us so well since almost the dawn of the electrical age is nothing but an inconvenience. To others, it is a long overdue and necessary step in reducing carbon emissions and slowing the pace of climate change. To the electrical wholesaler it could be either of the above. There is one certaintiy, everyone will soon buy energy efficient lighting.
The commonly used metric for comparing energy efficient lighting is lumens of output per watt of electrical input. This method is appropriate for omni-directional bulbs such as traditional A-shape lamps and spiral CFLs.
What will happen. I think energy efficient may create some jobs in the short term. However, Most of the empoyee will become unemployed once the solar panels, windmill are installed, theres little or no maintenance on them, so the jobs would disappear. I do think we should develop green energy in many other sector, and for that, there would need to be a reasonable expectation of profit for those who would invest the assets for research.
Green energy is probably looking at making up 10 per cent or so, maybe a little less than that, of our energy mix over time.
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