Solar Energy

 One of the most overlooked forms of renewable and completely clean energy is solar energy. Solar  energy has been studied and documented for decades. There have been countless jokes about how  certain regions of the country could never actually use such a form of energy because of constantly  being shrouded by fog or clouds. However, most of what the public understands about solar energy is  completely inaccurate and people are starting to finally understand how much they can save by  converting to such a form of natural energy. In 1973, the US began to invest a considerable amount of  funding into solar energy. Now, an estimated 400 million US dollars per year is spent on the research  and development of solar energy. One of the major myths surrounding solar energy is that it’s too  expensive for widespread usage in major countries. This is untrue. In fact, every year that the  production of solar energy panels and equipment doubles, the cost to the consumer drops at the rate of  20%, while other forms of electrical energy continue to rise at an increasing rate. Another misconception  that many people have when thinking of solar energy is that it won’t work where they live. The most  important factor in using solar energy successfully is light rather than bright sun. If you live in a region  that’s perpetually cloudy or foggy, solar energy will still work perfectly because of the exposure that the  panels will have to daylight. It doesn’t have to be bright or sunny for solar energy to be effective – it just  has to be daytime.