Solar Power: Advantages and Disadvantages


There are many advantages of solar energy. Just consider the advantages of solar energy over that of oil:


Solar energy is a renewable resource. Although we cannot utilize the power of the sun at night or on stormy, cloudy days, etc., we can count on the sun being there the next day, ready to give us more energy and light. As long as we have the sun, we can have solar energy (and on the day that we no longer have the sun, you can believe that we will no longer have ourselves, either).



Oil, on the other hand, is not renewable. Once it is gone, it is gone. Yes, we may find

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another source to tap, but that source may run out, as well.


Solar cells are totally silent. They can extract energy from the sun without making a peep. Now imagine the noise that the giant machines used to drill for and pump oil make!


Solar energy is non-polluting. Of all advantages of solar energy over that of oil, this is, perhaps, the most important. The burning of oil releases carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases and carcinogens into the air.


Solar cells require very little maintenance (they have no moving parts that will need to be fixed), and they last a long time.


Although solar panels or solar lights, etc., may be

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expensive to buy at the onset, you can save money in the long run. After all, you do not have to pay for energy from the sun. On the other hand, all of us are aware of the rising cost of oil.


Solar powered lights and other solar powered products are also very easy to install. You do not even need to worry about wires.


As you can see, there are many advantages of solar energy. The advantages of solar energy range from benefiting your pocketbook to benefiting the environment. There are actually only a few features of solar energy that can be considered disadvantages.


Here are the disadvantages of solar energy:


Solar cells/panels, etc.

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can be very expensive.


Solar power cannot be created at night.


As you can see the advantages of solar energy create a much longer list that the disadvantages, and the disadvantages are things that can be improved as technology improves.


Anne Clarke writes numerous articles for websites on gardening, parenting, the enviornment, fashion, and home decor. Her background includes teaching and gardening. For more of her articles on solar power, please visit Solar Home.






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