The cost of energy just keeps going up and up. It will continue to go up even more as nations begin to crack down on green house gases and force utility companies to clean up the air. I’m not at all against cracking down on green house gases; I’m just against having to pay more for it.
Though many people feel that there is no recourse to this ever escalating cost of energy, I feel differently. I believe in moving to renewable energy sources such as wind and solar power. These renewable energy resources allow each of us to become more self-sufficient in our energy needs and at the same time benefit the environment.
The easiest way I know to start down the path to energy self-sufficiency is through the use of solar panels. The solar panel converts sunlight into electricity and can easily offset some or all of your electricity needs depending on where you live. The benefit to using solar panels is that they are completely green. There are no adverse effects to the environment.
Now there are two ways to go about getting a solar panel for your home. You can go the commercial route and buy a solar panel or you can build your own solar panels.
If you buy the panels you’ll find that they are expensive. This simply has to do with the manufacturing economies of scale. Companies employ people who need to be paid and their salaries are coming out of each solar panel that is sold. The fewer sold, the more salary is paid per panel and the higher the cost.
This is another option. You can build you own solar panels. Ask the question, “How to build solar panel?” You will find many resources available to you that will instruct you on how to build these panels.
You don’t need exotic expensive materials to build these panels. You can build them from everyday materials that you can find at your local hardware store. All you need is a do it yourself attitude. That’s the beauty of it all. You can build your own solar cells cheaply and save even more money than if you’d bought commercially.
So the first question for you is this, “Do you want to keep paying the every increasing cost for electricity or do you want to become energy independent?” Next, ask yourself, “How to build solar panel?” Google it if you want. Get the information and go for it. Build your own.
Think about it for a moment, if each of us can generate just 10% of our energy needs through renewable energy, which reduces the needs to commercially generate power by 10%. Little by little as we increase our energy self-sufficiency we can clean up the environment, reduce green house gases and become energy independent.
That’s the choice you get to make. Do you want to be energy independent or not? Do you want to keep paying higher prices for energy or not? The choice is yours.
Ask the question, “How to build solar panel?” then build one yourself and begin your journey to energy independence through renewable energy.
