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Advantages of Solar Energy

Here's the advantages of solar Energy - the Geek's favorite alternative energy!

The sun's energy is FREE! Geek-a-lisciously free!!
It pays for itself! The cost for solar panels is recovered super quick - so don't be afraid of the initial price.
Your electricity bill will drop like a rock or become nothing at all.
The EXTRA energy you produce can be SOLD BACK to the power company.
In a power outage, you are uneffected.
They are practically maintenance free and will last 20 years and more.
No noise!
No moving parts to replace.
They don't have to be constantly refueled like your car so you're not effected by rising prices in oil.
Family growing? Need more power? Add more panels to your roof, side of your house, in your lawn, even the roof to your dog's house.
Got a summer cabin in the woods? It's way cheaper and more practical than having the utility company reach your site.
It's clean and renewable with no greenhouse gasses like fossil fuels. That saves the environment and leads to better health with cleaner air - especially for those living in big cities.
No radioactive waste that needs to be stored for 17 million years.
You can place solar panels anywhere in the world and they will work.
It creates new green energy jobs and helps the economy.
Reduces our dependance on foreign oil.
The panels are recyclable, as is the pvc to encase the wiring.

There are disadvantages to solar power too. Be sure to read up on them to get the whole story!

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