Solar Energy in California

Solar Energy In California

This week I decided to read an article on solar energy. After reading the article I was able to make some connections between the use of solar energy and wind power. Both renewable energy sources are relatively new to the US. For example, we have yet to build an offshore wind farm and the article mentions that the solar power plant will be the first of its kind here. Both energy sources also require a lot of money to build them. This was one of the main issues mentioned in the article. One of the quotes that it mentioned was, "Everybody’s for reducing greenhouse gases until you start having to pay for it". Even though there is this huge green movement right now, I always wonder if this movement is just a fad. Especially with the economic times the country is going through right now I have the feeling that less and less people are going to want to put their money towards funding renewable energy projects. I think that once people are actually able to see the benefits of the plants then they will be more likely to fund future projects. The bad thing about that is that it is going to take a good amount of time before that happens.