At Home: Solar Energy Is Not The Solution To Oil Independence.

Home Solar Energy Systems Do depend on Oil for delivery and infrastructure.

Oil or petroleum does give us what we desire most, mobility. Our products that we buy online, at the market or goods at a store has been brought to us by a vehicle that uses petroleum as a fuel source. Some of our clothes are made from petroleum products. Your bicycle tire, fleece, aluminum in your bicycle or that home solar energy system you want to depend on for energy has petroleum products. Anything with plastic or a constituent of plastic is a petroleum bi-product. The biggest culprit is transportation for oil consumption.

Home solar energy and wind energy are excellent options.

Home solar energy systems and the drive for electricity made from other sources other than fossil fuels is a viable option. Nuclear, coal and natural gas rely on old technology that has already been engineered, therefore making it cheaper to produce. Hydro electric power has been a viable power source for many years but not without its ecological impact and governance over a valuable resource, water. Wind and solar energy technologies are relatively new and more costly to develop only because we have not invested time and money into their advancement. Therefore, Oil and coal are still cheaper.

At Home: solar energy plant in United States.

Solar energy plants are an excellent clean source of energy but what built the plant in the first place? The mirrors or in some cases solar panels had to be delivered by some means, probably not a solar powered truck. Again Solar energy is a viable option for the individual. Think about what was able to help build the solar plant or your very own home solar energy system.

Solar Home Energy Systems Are Healthier Than Using Food As a Domestic Energy Supply.

Alternative fuel for transportation is the answer to oil independence not solar energy. The cost of our alternative fuels is minimal only if we know what to look for. Food as fuel or major constituent to alternative
fuel production is a bad idea. After all we need to eat first before we can drive, buy things, protest about oil dependence and live a somewhat “normal” life. Keep the combustion engine or turbine just modify the fuel consumed. This will reduce time and resources for technology development. If food is used why use the edible portion? Food byproducts and waste can be manipulated to make a variety of alternative fuels. America loves mobility, transportation is the major activity that consumes most of the oil in the U.S. Therefore, alternative fuel is the major answer to oil independence not solar energy.