Positives and Negatives of Solar Electricity

When you think about solar energy, you may think of those funky looking houses that have those weird looking panels on them. solar energy has many uses beyond those of producing electricity for houses or for cars. The advantages and disadvantages of solar power are many, small electrical gadgets can be powered by solar energy in lieu of a battery unit or any outlet plug-in. gadgets such as cell phones, GPS units, and laptops can be solar energyed. The main disadvantage is that they only produce energy when they are in direct sunlight.

Here are some additional advantages and disadvantages of solar power. You can alter and customize your solar panels and battery array to collect any amount of energy you wish up to the threshold. After the threshold, or when the battery array is full, the solar energy is just being reflected from the solar panels. The battery should be compatible with the device you want to use it for. How many times have you been out fishing or camping and your cellphone battery array goes out? Most people carry cellphone adapters for their automobiles so that they may recharge the battery array in their motorcar. This is fine if the engine is on or the engine has been used to charge the battery array in the car. But running the engine is a cause of pollutants and other toxic materials which you are releasing out into the environment just by charging up your cellphone.

By having a cellphone solar powered battery charger, you are able to take your cellphone outside and leave the solar cells out in the direct sun. You can even do this inside on a windowsill that is directly influenced by the direct sun. You don’t have to worry about where to plug in your charger, you just have to worry about where the direct sun is and how long the solar panel needs to stay out to charge a battery array. It is convenient and easy-to-use, although a little expensive.

As applied science advances and the demand for solar powered contraptions increases, prices should go down and the applied science should be accelerated. Right now only 1% of all houses in the United States are powered by solar energy. If we think outside the box and go beyond the dwelling there is an entire world of tools that can be powered by the sun. All it takes is a little imagination and a little inquiry and someday soon we will be out of the grips of fossil fuels and nonrenewable energy. There are plenty of advantages and disadvantages of solar power but the advantages are far out weighing the disadvantages and as applied science moves forward, this gap will only increase.