
Uses of Solar
Power
Whats is Solar Power
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All parts of the Earth receive solar power (also known as
solar energy) and man’s ingenuity has always tried to find ways
of using this bounty of power available to his best advantage.
Human civilization has always used the energy of the Sun as far
back as they have existed on this planet. Solar energy—power
from the sun—is free and inexhaustible.
It is only now we comprehend that:
In barely twenty days of sunshine we receive enough energy
from the Sun to make up for all the energy stored in Earth's
reserves of coal, oil, and natural gas;
The amount of energy consumed by the entire population of
the planet earth in one year is received from the Sun in barely
forty minutes of sunshine;
All the six billion inhabitants of the planet Earth in
twenty five years would not be able to consume solar energy
received in one single day;
Currently we harness barely 1% of this energy.
Solar power is a clean environmentally friendly source of
power. Now is the time to take advantage of this abundant
resource This vast, clean energy resource represents a viable
alternative to the fossil fuels that currently pollute our air
and water, threatening our very existence.
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