Solar energy is becoming more and more popular as a source of household energy in many countries around the world. Why is this? What are the advantages and disadvantages of solar energy?

Electricity

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has been merge with our daily life ever since it was invented. With the trend of saving the earth, renewable

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has become popular being the major source of power for households around the world. Why did we shift our source of

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from non-renewable to renewable

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? Well, it is obvious.

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production from non-renewable sources like coal and petrol will be difficult to get shortly. Because of the continuously reducing supply of reserves and the high costs quoted by the regions which hold their reserves. Given

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, countries have been putting efforts into developing renewable sources of

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. With abundant sunlight, solar

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has become a better alternative to other forms of

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. Solar

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has its pros and cons. In my opinion, the cons overweigh the pros. An advantage of solar

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is that it can be harnessed without having to build expensive power plants

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as windmills or equipment for geo-

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.

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, families can install solar

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on their roofs and generate an adequate amount of

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to run the household appliances

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as lights, fans, heaters, refrigerators. It is clean and does not pollute the land or the air. Unlike coal-generated

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which exhales harmful gases, leading to global warming.

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, solar

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come with their price which is unaffordable to the underdeveloped and developing countries around the Equator. These are the region that benefits most from solar

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owing to their geographical location. In the developed western world the situation is quite the opposite. These places are cold and receive only a small amount of sunlight.

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, not much solar

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can be generated there. Asides, not all places are suitable to install solar

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.

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, utmost of the buildings in Hong Kong are tall.

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, not all families can enjoy

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generated by solar

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. Only those residential buildings that are a few stories high can be able to install solar

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and share within families. In conclusion, solar

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is gaining popularity because it is safe and clean.

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, there is still a long way to go to make it our major

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source.