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what r the pros and cons of solar power!

Answer 1

pro you can get off the grid.

con they are expensive.

plus most homeowners insurance does not cover damage to them do to hail, wind. or theft.

this would make most of the Midwest a very bad place to install them.

one hail storm could wipe out $25000 to $50000 of panels

and they do not make hail proof solar panels.

the price of panels will go up every year as the demand grows for them.

Answer 2

Pros!

no fuel!

Lasts like 30 years!

Works every day no matter what, unless you live near the poles!

Cons!

Still expensive as all ****!

People don't like it because they're fools!

Takes a lotta solar panel to make some amount of power!

Answer 3

Pro's : saving the environment,

Con's : Reealy expensive and takes a long time to gain back the money you've spent.

Answer 4

pro's its green friendly

con's its so expensive to afford

Answer 5

CON

it cost alot of money to install

PRO

after you have it instaled iti makes up for the money in the long run. also you get the joy of being able to help save the world.

Answer 6

Pros

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Natural source of energy

Put the sun to work

Free, no electric bill

Not burning barrels of oil for power (causes pollution)

If there is a power surge or the electricity goes down, you still have electricity

Cons

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You need to buy solar panels, etc

You need to set it up

If there is not a lot of sunlight, you don't get any electricity

Maintenance

If you don't want to use solar power for all your electricity, you could use it for just water heating purposes, etc, which I have also done before

Answer 7

pros... solar does NOT poison the planet like oil & coal.

solar farms can be set up in such a way that you could actually have 2 crops in 1 field! such as solar panels & green beans (of course you would have to harvest beans by hand).

cons... it expensive in the U.S. but if you watch pbs you will find that Germany has lined their highways with solar panels. which simply means that Germany loves the planet enough to make solar panels affordable in their country.

have-a-loving-day!

Answer 8

Hello Hot Button....

Pro's, solar power will be here until the Sun burns out, at which point our technology will be the least of our problems.  It works weither you are there or not, and there are lots of different applications of it.  I presently have a fantastic Solar Hot Water system, in which I turn on my supplemental heater about 3 months of the year, for about 1/3 the normal heating time...I am looking at doing installations of 100 kWh systems, which will generate about $50,000 in electricity on todays rates and will go up with inflation.  I personally want to live green and I am also going to profit nicely from it as well.  HUGE PRO, there are a lot of states that are giving incentives to install systems right now, and on top of that the Federal Government gives a tax CREDIT, not deduction, but a credit...ie, if you owe $10,000 in taxes and you have a credit of $10,000 you owe nothing.

There is also enough government owned land in the state of Nevada that is uninhabitable by humans to power the US a few times over...

Con's, those in power haven't figured out how to make money on them yet won't allow the use of useless land to take away from their present profits and most people in the public don't understand what the potential of the systems are and the upfront cost is high, but I am looking at a system that will "cost" me $250,000, the state of Florida will be giving me back $100,000 upon completion and the Federal government is giving me a credit of about $85,000 which brings the instillation cost out of pocket down to $65,000 with $10,000 in electricity generated a year....for ever...and with a loan to do the installation, and being able to depreciate the cost of installation over 5 years it pays for itself in about 2 years. which I know is a pretty bad Con, especially since I get free energy for ever...which oh by the way, the power companies may start paying a premium for green energy, so the pay coming back to me could easily double...annually

Answer 9

Pros: People don't have to buy energy and no blackouts for the people who have them.

Cons: Really Expensive, Unreliable