If Everyone Had Solar Panels

If every house had solar.

If everyone had solar panels.

At a global scale the changes from solar panel installation are small compared to those predicted to occur due to greenhouse gases. Many scoffed at his vision but the advent of the personal computer changed the world for the better. These costs would be paid based on how much you might use not how much you actually do use. So the question should really be if everyone starts using solar panels what happens when less radiation is now reflected back into the sky.

Before starting we should recognize that everyone in the world going up and installing solar panels on their roof is not the most cost effective approach to energy generation. Does it cause any side effects. But they also come with a couple of issues. Like auto insurance and building inspections if everyone had a solar system everyone would be required to license their system maintain it and insure it so it didnt bring the power net down.

The answer is most likely no. This corresponds to an annual energy production of about 1 432 terawatt hours twh representing 39 percent of the nation s electricity sales. Bill gates dreamt of a world with a computer on every desk and in every home. Researchers from the national renewable energy laboratory nrel tackled this exact question.

Some of that is because of the high cost of the panels but most of it is due to their. Widespread installation of solar panels would decrease absorption of solar radiation by up to 19 in desert areas the researchers found. In their latest study 2016 nrel concluded that if all of the residential and commercial rooftops suitable for solar panels are used a grand total of 1 118 gigawatts gw of solar power capacity can be installed in the u s. In turn this has cascading effects on the climate.

Though it would average 0 41 per kwh with current technology. In a world exhausted of fossil fuels solar panels can provide a sustainable solution to our energy problems. More plausible and less fiddler on.