| Renewable energy resources, like the wind and the | | | | power and you also need additional hardware to be |
| light and heat from the sun are basically endless and | | | | able to use the electric power generated by the |
| you can surely use them to your advantage and | | | | turbines. Usually, with all renewable energy resources |
| provide electric power to your appliances almost for | | | | harvesting systems, you also get a pack of batteries |
| free. The added bonus is that you don't create any | | | | to store the energy there if you don't use it as soon as |
| toxic waste either, so you really can use renewable | | | | it is created. This is why the systems cost so much, |
| energy resources. | | | | because you actually need to use those batteries. |
| So, in order to harvest that energy you need specific | | | | They are large and can store massive amounts of |
| equipment. For example, if you want to create electric | | | | electricity in them until you need to use it. |
| energy from the sun's light you need solar panels. For | | | | There are, of course, other ways in which you can |
| these to actually transform the light into electrical | | | | use renewable energy resources. You can buy a |
| current, you need to have additional hardware that can | | | | system that uses solar heat to warm water up and |
| actually send the electric current to batteries and store | | | | use it instead of wasting money on natural gas or |
| it there until you are ready to use it. You can also use | | | | other expensive methods of heating water. Those |
| some electric motors to turn the panels towards the | | | | systems are actually worth their weight in gold, but you |
| sun or do this by hand, so you get the most out of | | | | can have one for a couple of thousand dollars and |
| your setup. | | | | never pay for heated water again. |
| Wind turbines are also used to harvest the wind's | | | | |