| Solar power for your home is an increasingly | | | | installation, is that the power that is created is |
| attractive alternative to traditional forms of | | | | free provided the Sun keeps on shining. The cost |
| energy, be they grid electricity or burning fossil | | | | to buy and install solar panels is now not so |
| fuels in the home. There are a number of reasons | | | | expensive and the incentives and rebates make it |
| for this. There are the economic realities of | | | | more attractive. It also seems that over time the |
| energy production now and in the future. There is | | | | cost of solar power can only go down. The |
| the ethical issue of using a non-renewable energy | | | | technology will become more efficient and the |
| source and a moral issue with regards to the | | | | technology to build solar panels will become |
| damage that fossil fuels do to the environment. | | | | cheaper. Contrast this with the cost of finding and |
| This article will cover some of these issues and | | | | extracting fossil fuels. This cost will only go up |
| cover how solar power for the home addresses | | | | over time. |
| some of these issues. | | | | Given the finite nature of fossil fuels, solar power |
| Grid electricity and the use of fossil fuels costs | | | | and other alternative methods of creating power |
| money and this will only go up as the resources | | | | seem to be far more accepted than the other |
| that power grid electricity get harder to find. In | | | | alternative - nuclear power. The average person in |
| California, it is estimated that it is cheaper to | | | | the street is generally uncertain, if not, opposed |
| make solar electricity than it is to use the grid | | | | to nuclear power, given the numerous nuclear |
| variety. This is hitting people in their collective | | | | accidents that have occurred. Having said this, |
| wallets and purses and causing a search for | | | | governments seem to prefer nuclear power |
| alternatives. Again in California, there are many | | | | because it is more reliable on a large scale than |
| incentives to install solar panel into homes. There | | | | solar power or wind power. However, this is not |
| are even incentives for building companies to | | | | the case for the individual home. It seems that |
| pre-install solar panels in homes. | | | | solar panels on the roofs of suburban homes will |
| This seems to make a lot of sense. The major | | | | soon be a common place site rather than an |
| benefit of solar power, after initial cost and | | | | unusual one. |