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A few weeks ago, I visited a guest speaker presentation by Mark Dixon at the University of Maine, Fort Kent. He was a very cheerful, motivating and passionate guy. He seemed to care not only about people, but also about the environment, which was the focus of his presentation. Mark and his three friends traveled around the United States, talking to people and promoting an eco-friendly lifestyle.
Now I am not a prize; I am probably wasting more than I should; I use my computer too often to save energy. I promote the “go green” lifestyle mainly in mind, not in action, not to say that I am not trying. I limit my garbage to less than the average person and neurotically turn off my lights. In the bathroom, I even adopted the “soft yellow” rule.
There was one in Marek’s presentation that really caught my attention. Maybe because I’m a technician, or maybe because the idea made sense. Either way, Mark introduced the idea of ??the International Solar Highway. I know sounds crazy right? Well, it might surprise you, but in the long run, this idea is a lot more practical than not doing it. Let me explain.
There is no doubt that we will eventually exhaust all of the Earth – oil, coal, natural gas, etc. However, Earth has one resource that is completely renewable, right down to the end of Earth itself. That resource is the sun … In summer, our asphalt and asphalt roads generate a lot of heat; enough to fry an egg for even. This heat comes from the sun’s rays hitting the road. Countless kilometers of roads are bombarded with endless solar energy every day. As Mark Dixon stated, and this is by no means a direct quote: “If we replaced our roads with the solar highway, we could generate enough energy annually to supply Americans three times their average consumption.” Think about all the energy Americans use a day! It just so happens that we are the most wasteful nation in the world, and the proposed “Solar Highway” will provide us with energy within one year, so that we will have three more …
There is one more comment on this energy that I would like to make. It is 100% pure and pure. It comes straight from the sun itself. I know some of you probably think this is going to cost us the taxpayers a fortune … well, yeah. But I want to keep you there. At the moment, America is in an economic recession. Money is hard to come by and a lot of money goes to energy alone. As stated on solarhighwar.org, “As technology changes, wind and solar systems need to change. However, the whole system should last 10 years, but it should pay off within 1.5 years. ” With that in mind, I’d like to ask myself how could building a solar highway not be a good idea if it pays for itself in at least 1.5 years? Not only will the solar highway provide triple excess energy, it will also provide thousands of jobs for everyone involved. With such large gains in energy and money to make, America may even begin to pay off this rising national debt.
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Source by Shawn Deprey