Human Induced Climate Change

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Human Induced Climate Change (HICC) is the increase of greenhouse gases that is caused by human activities. This has led to warming of the climate, which causes problems such as increase in air and ocean temperatures and rising in sea levels. A possible solution to this issue is Alternative Energy Source. This is energy that is not based on the burring of fossil fuels. An area of an Alternative Energy source is Solar Energy. This essay will look at how Solar Energy is used, if Solar Energy is a good Solution to solve HICC and the positives and negatives of economic and environmental factors of Solar Energy.

Solar Energy is energy that has come from the sun. It can create either heat or electricity. Solar Energy is separated into two different categories Passive and Active. Passive energy is energy that has been turned into heat and Active energy, is energy that has been turned into electricity. Solar Energy is called intermittent source because it is not always available due to the sun being unpredictable. Even though it comes from the sun, which will never run out, if it is a rainy or cloudy day, the sun is not available to provide light. There are systems that have been built, that are designed with an energy storage feature, which therefore allows the user to continue to operate even when the sun is not shinning. As shown in image one solar power is a very simple process. When there is sunlight on the Photovoltaic Panels of a solar PV system, the sunlight is captured and converted into direct electricity. The number of PV systems that have been installed has increased of the last number of years due to the fact that it is a non-polluting clean energy source. The energy that a user will receive depends on the day. Insolatio...

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...manufacturing. Solar energy is a completely renewable resource. This means that even when we cannot make use of the sun’s power because of nighttime or cloudy and stormy days, we can always rely on the sun. This can limit how much power will be saved for the future. One of the most important advantages with solar power is that is creates absolutely no pollution. Solar panels require very little maintenance is required to keep the solar power running.

The number of advantage that is associated with using solar power it ways out the disadvantage. Solar energy is a very useful energy source to contribute to solve the issue of human induced climate change. Solar energy is always going to be the most reliable resource because it is always going to be available. With an energy source like this one, that’s environmentally safe it satisfy the entire plants energy needs.

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