Friday, February 5, 2010

Response #13 to "Solar Energy in Oklahoma Could Have Hot Future"

Oklahoma is a state that is particularly well adapted to solar panel use. This is in part because of its geographical location, and also partly because it is very well off economically. Solar panels are expensive, and a large scale use of them would require support from the government. In the comments section below the article there were some comments that had a great idea. It was to mount solar panels on buildings, on the top of them and such. One of the comments also said that large scale solar farms create negative side effects for the wildlife, and that is true, something I had not thought about before. However, if the solar panels were built on the flat tops of buildings in a city, or on the roofs of houses, you could cover an immense amount of ground without ever building on the ground. The costs might be steep, but as this technology gets used more and the demand grows, both the affordability and efficiency will rise.

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