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 * __Solar Power__**



Solar Power is power that's source comes directly from our sun. The energy from the sun goes with the climate and weather, and is able to support all of life on Earth. The different types of resouces that are developed from the sun include Heat and light, and other based resouces such as wind and wave power. The technologies used for producing power with this method are used to harness the energy from the sun for practical uses. This way of processing the suns energy into usefull energy, has been dated back to the Greeks, Native Americans and the Chinese. The modern uses of solar power are able to provide heating, lighting and electricity. Some can even produce flight. The main idea of solar power is that, we are converting the sunlight into electricity, by which there are two ways that it can be done. It can be done either through Photovoltaic effect, or by heating a transfer fluid to produce steam to run a generator.

--> Photovoltaic Effect is the use of tiles to help produce energy. The tiles work with the idea that there is a positive and a negative slice of silicon which are both placed under a thin sheet of glass. As the sunlight falls down upon the Photovoltaic cell, they are knocking off the neutrons off of the silicon place underneath the glass. They then are attracted back to the silicon but are trapped by the magnetic field that is formed from the opposing fields. There is an electric current that is formed from these trapped neutrons when they are caught by small wires that are on the silicon which are connected to a circuit, helping to produce the electric current. Thats not all though, this reaction has given you Direct Current electricity. In order to power our homes and any electrical devices within them, it must be converted into Alternate Current. To do so, the current that comes from the trapped neutrons has to be passed through an inverter.



--> People do not realize the fact that solar power would make living less difficult with the idea that you are not having to pay for your heating, electricity, lighting and everything. The only negative thing will be when you have to decide to do so or not, the price of living in this manner may be exspensive but in the long run it is realy worth it. You are able to live by the means of the sun. You are also not effecting the envirement by using Solar Powered energy in your home or cars. If you are using the energy from the sun, what harm can you bring? You are not putting anything extra into the atmosphere so it will benefit everyone in the long run.

--> The problems that comes from the idea of using solar power to live is that, wind resistance will effect the quality of how well your power is produced from the sun. Another problem that you have to realize about solar power is that it will not work at night. So this may mean that you might have alternate power sources for when you need electricity during the nighttime.



--> Neighborhoods are beginning to realize that the people of them, become beneficiaries if they live in homes where the roofs are designed by solar energy tiles. The cost of the house will be greater but they feel that it is worth the price, and that this is where housing will eventually end up ("We're looking at it more from an ethical and environmental standpoint and because, in the long run, we feel this is the way home-building is headed"). The cost of these installations that are being put up, cost around 20,000 dollars but the installation itself will cut the utility rates up to 90%. The graph below shows up much more, the use of solar energy has been developed over a certain number of years.