Bra you are seriously kidding right LOL..?
Bra you are seriously kidding right LOL..?
Solar Vs Oil Power Energy Generation Guide
Solar Vs Oil Is The Big Debate
By J K Hellios
Solar versus oil is the big debate these days, including the cost of converting current systems such as electricity generation to solar power systems. As solar power systems are being built on a massive scale, then there will not be any need to use oil and other fossil fuels to pollute our atmosphere, as these resources are continued to be depleted.
Solar power is generated using free sun energy as the source. This source is infinite and the power generated is renewable. Once oil is burned, then you have to dig more oil out of the ground, transported huge distances and then dig more to replace the oil burned. This means, that one day, oil will be depleted and will not be able to meet demand.
With solar energy, free sun energy can be trapped from the sun again and again, without having to transport the energy huge distances. The source is infinite. In other words, it will not depleted and will continue to meet demand.
Oil And Coal Are The Old Technology
The industrial revolution was built on the back of oil and coal. There is no denying that solar played no part whatsoever. This is particularly true since solar cells were not invented until the 1950s! That being said, it appears indisputable that we have reached or are approaching a new debate about how we deal with our insatiable thirst for power.
At first glance, the mere mention of a comparison of solar to oil as an energy source sounds laughable. It is laughable when we are talking about large scale energy production, but the tide is turning
The Numerous Advantages Of Solar Power
In a comparison of solar to oil, solar power has numerous advantages. The power source for solar, the sun, is free. Solar is available as a resource in every country, regardless of location, economic strength and so on since the sun shines everywhere. The process of converting sunlight into electricity or heating produces no greenhouse gases.
Whether you believe in global warming or not, solar still is advantageous in that it doesn’t produce pollution. If you live in a big city, you know how much pollution is in the air. You can often see it!
Huge Cost Of Conversion Of Oil To Solar
Flipping the coin, oil has some serious advantages over solar. We have already developed technology to efficiently convert oil to power. The cost of converting industry, vehicles and such to solar or any other power source would be huge.
Oil also has an advantage in that it is easier to use in a wide variety of applications, such as vehicles. Finally, it is easier to use oil to provide power to massive energy platforms, such as electricity for New York City.
For large scale energy needs, oil is still a superior choice to solar as an energy resource. The technology simply does not exist to provide solar energy solutions for vehicles, national electrical grid systems and so on.
Advancements In Solar Technology
Advancements in solar technology, however, may be changing this fact in the very near future. Technologies such as quantum dots, essentially microscopic solar panels that could exist in the paint on your home, may make oil a thing of the past.
For now, oil remains the backbone upon which our energy needs sit. In the next 5, 10 or 20 years, however, new technological applications may change this. Don’t believe me? Then consider the fact oil companies such as Chevron are investing heavily in solar companies.
World Solar Challenge
Although solar technology is improving, there are solar cars on our roads and there is even a World Solar Challenge where solar cars from around the world are racing in one location. New and better solar cars are being produced and one day these cars may be ready to be produced on a massive scale to meet the costs and efficiency of cars running on oil.
Once these new solar cars are produced, then we may be able to breathe cleaner air and be rid of the smog covering many of our large cities. The challenge, is to leave a legacy for our children, to live and breathe with a cleaner atmosphere.
Generating Free Electricity
Some solar technologies may not be large enough to meet electricity needs on a power grid, but then using an electricity grid may not be needed when you can arrange for the installation of solar panels in your home and generate your own free electricity from an infinite source, the sun.
You may review your options and find in the long run, the debate between solar vs oil, may swing to solar and other green and renewable power sources, as oil resources are no longer able to meet demand.
About the Author:
J K Hellios has written a number of articles on Solar Power and Renewable Energy including About Solar Panels, Solar Energy, Solar Power Home, Solar Power Lights, Solar Powered Cars.
Keep a lookout for more articles available on this website soon.
Little Known Solar Facts.....
What happens if it is a cloudy day?
Unless you have storage for your collected solar power, you will have to rely on other means to heat, cool or power your home.
If the solar panels do not receive sunlight, the process of converting the thermal rays into electricity does not happen. If you do have storage, the power will be pulled from there.
Bra you are seriously kidding right LOL..?
You can't run the world on bio-diesel!
And the REAL question is...are you willing to pay a LOT more NOW for something we're not sure about...or keep doing it as cheaply as possible...considering the entire world is broke.
Going green makes us uncompetitive...
Stop getting your information from your or someone elses ass...there is no FREE energy. We'd still be agrarian without oil. We will be again IF it runs out.
The people holding BACK civilization...are the ones LEECHING from t...are you kidding me in BLAMING the richest 400 people in the world for holding BACK civilization? Are you mad? Supporting 40 million on food stamps holds BACK a civilization!
Where do you people GET your ideas? Cracker Jacks boxes?
The sun is HARDLY free for mechanical energy...the kind we need. Solar cells are what 15% these days? And they take 10X the energy...oil energy...to make than they produce in a reasonable lifespan.
You can stand in the sun without harm...it doesn't produce that much energy. You can't hold the combustion of a gas engine in your hand...because the energy needed to move the car...at a decent speed...is too much...more than what the sun puts out on a normal day. We don't all live in the equatorial deserts.
There are NO replacements for oil...not with present day technology. We really DO need to invent "Mr Fusion". You piss in it ONCE and off it goes, 1% efficiency of mass to energy. Virtually unlimited in mans perspective.
Some form of atomic manipulation is our future...our only hope. A "replicator" like in Star Trek powered by a fusion/subatomic source. Maybe antimatter...if we could make it and transport it easily...getting back more than we put in...that would be best.
Hot tip you young folks...learn about magnetic containment of antimatter...figure our a way to make antimatter...develop a device to "meter it out in a controlled fashion to a "reactor"" and you'll be rich! Famous! And beloved the world wide! You'll get a holiday for sure! After all, with "unlimited" energy...we could just smoke weed all day from that point on. Energy is and always has been the constrainer.
You CAN live on the suns energy if you choose the path to agrarian society...not industrial...sorry to burst your bubble. Even 100% efficiency isn't going to cut it. You NEED "condensed" energy for a modern energy intensive society. Just 1 BBL, or a few at most, of antimatter could possibly supply the planets energy needs...possibly for quite a while. I don't know the equivalent in joules or whatever unit you choose.
I KNOW we're fucked...I KNOW both India and China WANT to live like we do here in the west. But they CAN'T...there isn't enough available oil for them to do it. That's why I'm convinced that we're ALL going to go for the ME oil fields...we MUST to survive. We can't keep paying them...we can't...we're out of cash and out of credit. 1/4 our debt is to the oil producers. Our economy is in shambles because of rising oil prices. It makes sense.
Obama is releasing oil for the reserves to keep the price down to try to get the economy going. It's too expensive for growth. And we NEED it...we rely on oil as we rely on water, food, and air.
Solar Vs Oil Power Energy Generation Guide
Solar Vs Oil Is The Big Debate
By J K Hellios
Solar versus oil is the big debate these days, including the cost of converting current systems such as electricity generation to solar power systems. As solar power systems are being built on a massive scale, then there will not be any need to use oil and other fossil fuels to pollute our atmosphere, as these resources are continued to be depleted.
Solar power is generated using free sun energy as the source. This source is infinite and the power generated is renewable. Once oil is burned, then you have to dig more oil out of the ground, transported huge distances and then dig more to replace the oil burned. This means, that one day, oil will be depleted and will not be able to meet demand.
With solar energy, free sun energy can be trapped from the sun again and again, without having to transport the energy huge distances. The source is infinite. In other words, it will not depleted and will continue to meet demand.
Oil And Coal Are The Old Technology
The industrial revolution was built on the back of oil and coal. There is no denying that solar played no part whatsoever. This is particularly true since solar cells were not invented until the 1950s! That being said, it appears indisputable that we have reached or are approaching a new debate about how we deal with our insatiable thirst for power.
At first glance, the mere mention of a comparison of solar to oil as an energy source sounds laughable. It is laughable when we are talking about large scale energy production, but the tide is turning
The Numerous Advantages Of Solar Power
In a comparison of solar to oil, solar power has numerous advantages. The power source for solar, the sun, is free. Solar is available as a resource in every country, regardless of location, economic strength and so on since the sun shines everywhere. The process of converting sunlight into electricity or heating produces no greenhouse gases.
Whether you believe in global warming or not, solar still is advantageous in that it doesn’t produce pollution. If you live in a big city, you know how much pollution is in the air. You can often see it!
Huge Cost Of Conversion Of Oil To Solar
Flipping the coin, oil has some serious advantages over solar. We have already developed technology to efficiently convert oil to power. The cost of converting industry, vehicles and such to solar or any other power source would be huge.
Oil also has an advantage in that it is easier to use in a wide variety of applications, such as vehicles. Finally, it is easier to use oil to provide power to massive energy platforms, such as electricity for New York City.
For large scale energy needs, oil is still a superior choice to solar as an energy resource. The technology simply does not exist to provide solar energy solutions for vehicles, national electrical grid systems and so on.
Advancements In Solar Technology
Advancements in solar technology, however, may be changing this fact in the very near future. Technologies such as quantum dots, essentially microscopic solar panels that could exist in the paint on your home, may make oil a thing of the past.
For now, oil remains the backbone upon which our energy needs sit. In the next 5, 10 or 20 years, however, new technological applications may change this. Don’t believe me? Then consider the fact oil companies such as Chevron are investing heavily in solar companies.
World Solar Challenge
Although solar technology is improving, there are solar cars on our roads and there is even a World Solar Challenge where solar cars from around the world are racing in one location. New and better solar cars are being produced and one day these cars may be ready to be produced on a massive scale to meet the costs and efficiency of cars running on oil.
Once these new solar cars are produced, then we may be able to breathe cleaner air and be rid of the smog covering many of our large cities. The challenge, is to leave a legacy for our children, to live and breathe with a cleaner atmosphere.
Generating Free Electricity
Some solar technologies may not be large enough to meet electricity needs on a power grid, but then using an electricity grid may not be needed when you can arrange for the installation of solar panels in your home and generate your own free electricity from an infinite source, the sun.
You may review your options and find in the long run, the debate between solar vs oil, may swing to solar and other green and renewable power sources, as oil resources are no longer able to meet demand.
About the Author:
J K Hellios has written a number of articles on Solar Power and Renewable Energy including About Solar Panels, Solar Energy, Solar Power Home, Solar Power Lights, Solar Powered Cars.
Keep a lookout for more articles available on this website soon.
Little Known Solar Facts.....
What happens if it is a cloudy day?
Unless you have storage for your collected solar power, you will have to rely on other means to heat, cool or power your home.
If the solar panels do not receive sunlight, the process of converting the thermal rays into electricity does not happen. If you do have storage, the power will be pulled from there.
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