| Dreaming and fantasizing are the first step | | | | when every individual would wish to switch to |
| towards innovation. People all over the world | | | | solar energy for their home use. |
| and especially in America are dreaming of a | | | | |
| green world where there will be only solar | | | | Scientists all over the world say that the |
| power energizing the needs of the entire | | | | future lies with solar energy. Using solar |
| country. | | | | energy for home use like heating, cooking, |
| | | | driving car and for all other uses like |
| Experts feel that in five years, solar power | | | | charging your mobile phone, street lights and |
| will be cheap enough to compete with | | | | heating the swimming pool and powering your |
| conventional electricity, even in UK, Africa, | | | | computer will become a way of life. |
| Australia and India. If that is the case more | | | | |
| and more people will use solar energy in | | | | Just as the saying goes that sun never stops |
| their homes. In a decade, the cost may have | | | | shining in California, a solar energy home |
| fallen so dramatically that solar cells could | | | | will never lack the power required to run the |
| undercut oil, gas and coal. Technology is | | | | house. |
| leaping ahead towards eco friendly, pollution | | | | |
| free and a green future with the advent of | | | | China is another country which is fast using |
| solar energy homes. | | | | this solar technology for its future growth. |
| | | | Japan already is moving in the direction of |
| Companies producing solar products feel that | | | | saving its excess power and the government |
| the day is not so far off when all the | | | | there is helping device methods to save money |
| cities in America and Europe generate their | | | | on fuel. The future of solar energy homes is |
| heating, lighting and air-conditioning needs | | | | spreading rapidly in the east. The Ministry |
| from solar energy for their homes and on | | | | of Non-Conventional Energy is formulating a |
| buildings with enough left over to feed a | | | | program to introduce solar energy to more |
| surplus back into the grid. | | | | than a million homes in the next few years. |
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| A piece of dark polymer foil, as thin a sheet | | | | India has long days and plenty of sunshine, |
| of paper can cause this wonder. It is 200 | | | | especially in the Thar Desert region of |
| times lighter than the normal glass-based | | | | Rajastan. With abundant solar energy |
| solar materials, which require expensive | | | | available, this zone is attracting attention |
| substrates and roof support. Indeed, it is so | | | | from the Indian government for its research |
| light it can be stuck to the sides of | | | | purposes. Solar energy is being used in India |
| buildings. | | | | for heating water for both industrial and |
| | | | domestic purposes. |
| This can be mass-produced in cheap rolls like | | | | |
| packaging and can be in any color to go with | | | | Human beings may not be trustworthy but the |
| the structure and design of the solar energy | | | | sun is always kind and generous to mankind in |
| home. It will be the icing on the cake when | | | | general. Let's hope the future of solar |
| the capital cost of solar power falls below | | | | energy homes all over the world is not very |
| the rate of oil or gas. That will be the day | | | | far away. |