The ultimate plan is for automobiles to someday go coast to coast on a single tank of gas. The intention is to equip them with solar panels such that they can use the sun’s energy while it is up and only revert to some other source at sundown. Some progress has been made on that front, but a lot more is yet forthcoming. Keep your eyes peeled and you will not miss it.
While many are beginning to build an industry around the sale of solar panels, others work on increasing awareness of how to clean up the planet. I don’t think either effort is nobler than the other, since both of them are works that are put in place in order to help keep us all alive. If I were you, I’d find one to contribute my own effort to.
The fact that solar panels often need a lot of space to work is not one that has not been met with much perplexity. In the wise, much research has gone into looking for ways to maximize its output while making smaller still. Perhaps we will get there someday. Until then, we will make do with what we have and continue to work at making improvements on it the entire time.
There are a lot of flat plate alternative solar energy panels with collectors that are used for water and space heating. The prototypes continue to be reviewed and revisited from time to time in attempts to make them better. Needless to say, there is much progress, but it is hardly enough. In the face of a dying world, better results are needed in shorter time.
There are lots impoverished people in the world today who don’t consume as much energy in a month as a single person in the United States might consume in a day. Don’t talk to them about alternative solar energy panels, will you. Give them food first, and then try talking. Perhaps after they have had their fill, you can introduce them to the topic. And then hope that they are educated enough to appreciate it.
