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Solar Panels: What's the Big Deal?

Here is an interesting fact: All energy, including electricity, comes from the sun. Every single power source we have including fossil fuels, nuclear, coal, etc all comes from the sun. I suspect you're now thinking of a reason that isn't true. Well lets break down power creation and see if our theory holds.

Nearly every power plant in the world generates electricity by capturing motion. These power plants consume a fuel typically to boil water. The boiled water creates steam which is funneled into a turbine. The steam causes the turbine to spin. That turbine is connected to a generator which harvests electricity. That electricty is then sent to your house.

Where does the fuel come from that power plants use? Well, most power plants burn fuel. This fuel base is carbon. Which means....sorry...it was once a living organism. Don't worry, most were just plants. Plants stodred energy in their cells by grabbing energy from the sun and converting it into a chemically stored energy called sugar (not quite the same as table sugar). These plants were eaten by animals for their sugar. Those animals eventually died or they themselves were eaten as fuel. Eventually the top of the food chain (dinosaurs) died and decomposed in the ground. That decomposition over thousands of years turned into fossil fuel.

That brings us full circle. What about nuclear power plants? They are usuing radio-active materials which emminate heat to boil the water that spin the turbine and generator. Where does radio-active material come from....well, it came from the formation of the sun commonly accepted as the big bang. Okay, curveball, what about wind power!? This works but using the wind to spin the turbine and generator. However, wind is due to high and low pressures in the atmosphere. When a high pressure forms the air allways moves from high pressure to low pressure. How are these pressures created? Without getting too complicated, they are a result of enthalpy (heat).....created by the sun.

Green your home

From the previous paragraph hopefully we accept that all electricity comes from the sun. It simply makes sense that we would grab our electricity directly from the source. Each time we transduce (convert) energy from the sun from one form to another we lose a certain percentage of it. Think for a moment how innefficient and ultimately WASTEFUL it is to burn fossil fuels when we can get the same energy directly from the sun! Not only that, it is clean, renewable, and best of all!...Free! All we have to pay for are the solar panels themselves. No more smog. No more chemical waste. Not only that, you will save a significant amount of money switching.

Solar panels aren't the only way to green your home either. One of the biggest consumers of electricity in our homes is the air conditioner. While turning it off is the most obvious way to save electrictiy another great way is simply by putting in a smart thermostat. You will be amazed at how much electricity you save each month just by this simple upgrade. Another huge consumer of electricity in your home are your lights.

Did you know most light bulbs are about 3% efficient

Yup, you read that right. 3%. Which means that when you run your lights in your house most of the electricity is turned into heat. Which you then use more electricity to run your AC to get the temperature down. See the problem?! Now, if you get LED lights, the heat produced by lights goes down significantly which means your lights use less electricity and generate the same amount of light. Win/win. As well, they are surprisingly very affordable.

Capture Rain Water

Another way to save energy is by capturing rain water. That may sound like a silly concept but there are systems that will capture rain water and store it for use to water your lawn as needed. Think about never wasting water to get a beautiful yard. This system captures the water in your rain gutters and hooks directly into your sprinkler system so that you waste significantly less.

You don't have to be that guy watering his lawn in the middle of the day so that you can keep a beautiful home. There are so many options available for this exact issue and we are glad to talk to you about your options. Most of your watering can be done with recycled rain water.