The environment’s falling apart, and one of the major causes is the burning of fossil fuels. Well, this wouldn’t be the case if less fossil fuels were burned, right? This is exactly the message we are trying to convey to everyone. If more and more fossil fuels get burned the more the environment gets scarred. In our research we have come up with good and superior alternatives for fossil fuels, which are eco-friendly. Our group’s main goal is to make people realize how badly damaged the environment is and if we do nothing eventually nature will turn her back on us. If we let the environment get ruined the entire planet will eventually die, and that’s the main reason for our advocacy. Hopefully the message that we are conveying will give a new light to saving the environment.
Saturday, January 24, 2009
Solar Energy : The Sunny Side to Life
Solar energy has existed ever since the sun was born. Humans have utilized this energy even years ago. For example, people placed glass in windows in order to trap the heat when the sunlight passed through. Solar energy is not a new thing. Its uses have just been continuously increasing and improving for years now. One of its new uses is to convert itself to electricity through solar panels.
How exactly does that work? Solar panels have silicon in them. Within the silicon, electrons move around when the sunlight strikes. They flow through the wires that were built within the panel, producing electricity. Solar panels have batteries within them, providing us with electricity at night or on cloudy days. Although, some researchers in the Idaho National Laboratory have come real close in producing a solar panel which would be able to absorb solar energy even at night. More information can be obtained in one of the links below.
A considerable amount of people have invested on solar panels. In the Philippines, it is slowly being introduced. For example, Boracay resorts have attended a workshop provided by Greenpeace about the benefits of solar energy panels, especially since global warming has started to affect it. Actually, a good deal of people may know all about solar panels now because of that crisis. Solar energy panels have become one of the best solutions to slow it down. The only reasons preventing people from investing them are because they are expensive at first and new. Buying them is expensive, however that is only in the beginning. Your electricity bill will decrease in the future, while you continuously contribute in saving the world. People’s habits are the one in need of change. If we do not invest on such a good opportunity, our potential for becoming a “profitable solar valley (Posadas, 2008)” will be put to waste.
Do not wait to strike till the iron is hot; but make it hot by striking.-William B. Sprague
Sources:
http://www.businessweek.com/globalbiz/content/oct2008/gb20081010_049382.htm
http://www.a-z.co.uk/how_do_solar_panels_work_163.htm
http://www.inhabitat.com/2008/02/04/solar-panels-work-at-night/
http://www.greenpeace.org/seasia/en/news/climate-friendly-boracay/
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