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In recent times we hear all the time about the increasing shortage of energy resources and the need to save energy. It is often spoken about energy crisis. We already see the effects of this crisis in our power bills - the energy prices have been rapidly increasing in the last years. Not enough, now we also live in a financial crisis!

No wonder that more and more people (me too!) are looking for solutions to reduce their electricity bills. If you research a little bit you will find that one solution is to generate your own energy by installing a residential solar power system in your house. But honestly, when I've heard for the first time about setting up a system to generate my own energy, I thought that it must be very expensive and complicated to do that. Actually it can be!

Fortunately, it is also possible to install a residential solar power system in your home at a reasonable price. How to do that, tells you Michael Harvey, from Earth4Energy. He shares his 15 years experience with renewable energy and teaches how to build a residential solar system by your own. To know more

Why Install a Residential Solar System? 

We already know that the use of electricity, gas and coal are all resources that we may eventually run out of. These are the non-renewable resources that we rely heavily on today. We use these non-renewable resources to do many things, including supplying us with power, heating our homes, businesses and schools and more. When we use all the non-renewable resources up and there are no more to gather, then what? How will we go without the convenience that we are so accustomed to? It's nice to flip a switch to get power and it is even better when the latest technology allows us to press a button to do all the things that women and men had to work for hours to accomplish. We are fortunate to live in a world with so many modern gadgets. Unfortunately when we lose it we may be so accustomed to the modern perks that we will not know what to do when we don't have them any longer.

With energy sources depleting at a rate faster than they are being built, it is only wise that we use the abundant energy available for free - the solar energy.
Solar energy has many advantages over conventional energy. The energy from the sun is free, the only expense is from recovering the energy. The cost of recovering the suns energy is recovered faster than with conventional energy. The recovering units don't have to be connected to natural gas or power grids, they stand alone. The supply of solar energy is limitless. It has no emission gases to harm the earth's atmosphere.

Owning a solar power home means that you are encouraging preserving our natural resources for the future. It also means that you will not worry with the increase in cost of electricity and gas because you are using the best source out there without hurting the environment.

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Solar Power in the United States 

Solar power in the United States is the largest available energy source for the United States, although in 2006 it accounted for less than 0.1% of electricity generation. Renewable resources (solar, wind, geothermal, hydroelectric, biomass, and waste) provided nearly 12 percent of the nation's electricity supply in 2003. Renewable Resources in the U.S. Electricity Supply Due to the eight year extension of the 30% solar tax credit, it is estimated that an additional 28,000 megawatts (MW) of solar power will be installed by the end of 2016.

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