at first it may seem logical to use the vast amount of land available to harvest the suns energy. However the problem is that these areas are not close to the major areas around the world that use the most energy. Also efficiency becomes a problem. Getting energy from a desert in the middle of nowhere creates the problem of transporting the energy to the places that need it. Not all of the energy would be transported from point A to point B because no system is 100% efficient. It also would make it necessary to build lots of power lines which in turn takes away land that could have been used in a more productive matter. This being said, I believe that solar power is an important source of energy that must be taken into consideration. I believe that a good way to increase the use of solar energy would be to increase incentives for having solar panels on personal property such as on the roof of your house. This system has been a huge success in Germany. Germany is on track to reach their goal of getting 1/3 of their energy from solar energy in 2015 or so compared to the united states 1%. I also think that with present technology we need to find a way to harness more power. right now the best solar cells only work at 15 % efficiency. These are a few ideas that I believe have the most merit up to this point. I will not take credit for these ideas. I am just expressing my opinion on them.
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at first it may seem logical to use the vast amount of land available to harvest the suns energy. However the problem is that these areas are not close to the major areas around the world that use the most energy. Also efficiency becomes a problem. Getting energy from a desert in the middle of nowhere creates the problem of transporting the energy to the places that need it. Not all of the energy would be transported from point A to point B because no system is 100% efficient. It also would make it necessary to build lots of power lines which in turn takes away land that could have been used in a more productive matter. This being said, I believe that solar power is an important source of energy that must be taken into consideration. I believe that a good way to increase the use of solar energy would be to increase incentives for having solar panels on personal property such as on the roof of your house. This system has been a huge success in Germany. Germany is on track to reach their goal of getting 1/3 of their energy from solar energy in 2015 or so compared to the united states 1%. I also think that with present technology we need to find a way to harness more power. right now the best solar cells only work at 15 % efficiency. These are a few ideas that I believe have the most merit up to this point. I will not take credit for these ideas. I am just expressing my opinion on them.