How is solar energy more eco-friendly than other types of energy?

Question

How is solar energy more eco-friendly than other types of energy?

Answer 1

Once it's created, it needs almost nothing to keep going and so far there is no risk / issue of sunlight running low...

The dilemma is that they take quite a bit of energy to actually make and so do not produce net energy for the whole Earth until they've been used a few years... Bizarre.

Answer 2

its uses sunlight not resources that me need such as fuels

Answer 3

Because it's free and no one can put a price on the sun.

Answer 4

Harvesting solar energy leaves no carbon foot print. Solar energy, wind energy and hydroelectric energy are some of the most envioronmentally friendly options available to us today.

A lot of electricity is currently created by burning coal, which releases CO2 into the atmosphere.

Answer 5

I'm in Kenya for the moment and it makes of course perfect sense here (lots of sun) but it depends on how long the installation lasts (approximately 20 years), then the question is how much it will cost to have it replaced. We're combing it with wind turbines (as we are in a windy area and that might be the better choice for power supply in the long run...Time will tell.