| Have you ever wondered what it's like to live in a | | | | 2. Another main concern for a lot of people, as it |
| solar home, totally powered by the Sun. What a | | | | should be for us all really, is that the three main |
| fantastic feeling that when we boil the kettle or | | | | fuels that are mentioned earlier all have a |
| Cook our dinner, watch TV or turn the stereo on, | | | | by-product called pollution. the burning of these |
| it is costing us absolutely nothing to produce the | | | | fuels to produce the electricity emits gases into |
| power needed. | | | | the air, polluting our atmosphere. The more |
| You know more and more people are turning this | | | | electricity we need, the more pollution we create. |
| into a reality and benefiting from all the aspects | | | | The benefit of a solar home is that to produce |
| of living in a solar home. | | | | your electricity, you are using a system that |
| I want to just explain exactly what some of | | | | doesn't produce any gas or by-products and |
| those benefits are and why you should think | | | | releases nothing into the atmosphere at all, hence |
| seriously about it for your own home. | | | | it's nick name, Clean Energy. |
| 1. I believe the main issue affecting more and | | | | 3. Probably the next main concern is that how |
| more people today is the cost of electricity. It | | | | much supply do we have left of these main three |
| just seems to keep going up and up. The main | | | | fuels, and if it does get low will the countries |
| reason for this of course is because of the cost | | | | supply us or keep it for themselves? This would |
| to produce our power. Gas, Oil and Coal are the | | | | be disastrous for us all if it were to happen of |
| main fuels for our power stations and | | | | course, but nevertheless, it does make you |
| unfortunately the United States has to import | | | | wonder. |
| most of these fuels, making us vulnerable and | | | | The benefit of being independent of the main grid |
| reliant upon other countries. | | | | again is that the energy from the sun will not run |
| The benefit of having a solar home is that you will | | | | out, it is renewed each and every day, I think we |
| be able to produce your own power, not only | | | | can pretty well guarantee that the sun will rise |
| saving you money each time the power bills | | | | each day, producing all the energy we need. |
| come out, but depending on your system, you | | | | So we can see why there is a big move towards |
| could receive a check from the power company | | | | solar energy and powering our homes with this |
| instead of a bill. Being independent of the big | | | | source, the benefits certainly out way the cost to |
| power companies has a good feeling about it as | | | | set up, which can still be done quite cheap, the |
| well, knowing that if a storm cuts the power off | | | | thing to remember is, by converting to solar |
| or the grid shuts down for any reason it wont | | | | power, we will all benefit in the long run, especially |
| effect you. | | | | our children. |