Nowadays, the state of the economy is causing a great stir. Indeed it appears there is some crisis going on. Some car manufacturers are about to go out of business because people don’t buy cars. And why don’t people buy cars?
Of course, it partly has to do with the general crisis in the economy. Yet there is another aspect, namely the global warming. Many folks hesitate to throw their money on buying a gasoline-powered vehicle.
I bet the gas-powered cars will soon be replaced by electric vehicles. There is really only one weakness with electric cars: batteries haven’t been powerful enough. However, more efficient batteries are in the works. As soon as these are manufactured in full scale, the old gas-powered vehicle becomes obsolete.
Actually, an electric car is tremendously more energy efficient than a gas-powered car. One contributing factor is that an electric engine doesn’t work when it doesn’t have to. Such an engine doesn’t need an “idle”, for example.
Suppose you replace most current cars with electric ones. OK, you don’t need to be Einstein to realize this is going to mean a greater demand for electric energy. And who wants to have an even higher electricity bill? My answer to that: get off the grid, get freedom with solar power! Solar panels for homes are the best thing since sliced bread. You can install your own photovoltaic panels on your very own rooftop.
And then you can get electricity for your house and your car, straight from the sun. There is no pollution and once the system is set up, the rest is a free ride.
“Oh, this will be very costly to install”, you might think. Well, that used to be the case but not anymore. The cost of making solar cells is going down rapidly. Everyone knows that there is a huge demand for cheap solar power products. Which causes a bunch of manufacturing companies to put great efforts into making them.
One company, Nanosolar, has found a way to make solar panels in an assembly line process. You can compare the process to how you print newspapers. A paint-like substance is sprayed on a metal foil. This is a very fast and easy process once set up.
Just think of the enormous surface area of all rooftops – what a tremendous potential there!
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