If Everyone Had Solar Panels

Before starting we should recognize that everyone in the world going up and installing solar panels on their roof is not the most cost effective approach to energy generation.

If everyone had solar panels.

Researchers from the national renewable energy laboratory nrel tackled this exact question. Does it cause any side effects. More plausible and less fiddler on. Particularly in an environment where the atmosphere is heating up.

Some of that is because of the high cost of the panels but most of it is due to their. Bill gates dreamt of a world with a computer on every desk and in every home. Despite all its potential to power the future solar produces only around 2 percent of the energy in the u s. But they also come with a couple of issues.

This corresponds to an annual energy production of about 1 432 terawatt hours twh representing 39 percent of the nation s electricity sales. Though it would average 0 41 per kwh with current technology. Widespread installation of solar panels would decrease absorption of solar radiation by up to 19 in desert areas the researchers found. So the question should really be if everyone starts using solar panels what happens when less radiation is now reflected back into the sky.

At a global scale the changes from solar panel installation are small compared to those predicted to occur due to greenhouse gases. Many scoffed at his vision but the advent of the personal computer changed the world for the better. The answer is most likely no. These costs would be paid based on how much you might use not how much you actually do use.

If every house had solar. In a world exhausted of fossil fuels solar panels can provide a sustainable solution to our energy problems. Like auto insurance and building inspections if everyone had a solar system everyone would be required to license their system maintain it and insure it so it didnt bring the power net down.