The Futur of Green Energy
Existing type of alternative energy
Solar energy is the greatest source of renewable energy. Every day, 365 days per year The sun gives us energy in the form of light and heat all year long. But most of the energy it supplies goes unused, while instead we burn carbon fuels, which are rapidly being depleted, and only becoming more and more expensive. The situation will only get worse for those who persist to rely on fossil fuels, we cannot wait any longer and must use as much as possible this renewable energy.
Water Heating System
Typically you will get about 80% saving of that electricity that your electric geyser will use from your solar water heater. Those consumers that can afford it are turning to solar systems
An renewable that most consumers have hardly heard about is a heat pump. Its largest selling point is you have to pay less for the initial cost. With the heat pump you have a payback period of less than two years. With the solar panel you get a payback of in the zone of about four years and with the cheap solar panel in the area of about six years.
A Solar system is approximately a 5-8 years investment., but benifiting of federal tax credits and state, it may be paid much sooner. Solar water heaters also last much longer than gas or electric water heaters. Until your have fully paid your system, you are also investing in your environment and the planet.
Wind Turbine
Probably the second most popular residential source of green energy is the home wind turbine. Wind energy, like solar, takes advantage of a natural phenomenon to produce energy saving, with few costs after the initial installation.
Energy Saving Lighting
To some, the phase out of the standard incandescent light bulb that has served us so well since almost the dawn of the electrical age is nothing but an inconvenience. To others, it is a long overdue and necessary action promoting the reduction of fosils emissions and slowing the pace of global warming. To the electrical wholesaler it could be either of the above. There is one certaintiy, everyone will soon buy energy efficient lighting.
The commonly used metric for comparing energy efficient lighting is lumens of output per watt of electrical input. This method is appropriate for omni-directional bulbs such as traditional A-shape lamps and spiral CFLs.
What will happen. I think green energy may create some jobs in the short term. However, Most of the empoyee will become unemployed once the solar panels, windmill are installed, theres little or no maintenance on them, so the jobs would disappear. I do think we should develop green energy in more efficient ways than we have, and for that, a profit will need to be ensured after project completion in order to secure major investment.
Green energy is probably looking at making up 10 per cent or so, maybe a little less than that, of our energy mix over time.