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Benefits of Solar Energy

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Those charged with governance of providing energy nowadays still do not see the benefit of solar energy over other conventional methods of supplying power. Solar energy is a renewable energy source fuelled by the radiating sunlight from the Sun. There are several strong reasons to support why solar energy would top other conventional or renewable energy sources. Renewable energy means having a perpetual source without the reliance on raw materials as fuel for power. With assistance from the Sun, solar energy possesses tremendous potential as a future alternative of providing power and there are strong reasons to suggest it might edge out its current energy providing counterparts. With coal and gas, there is a reliance on raw reserves to generate energy and these resources will eventually run dry. Nuclear fission places a great deal of risk on the environment and its inhabitants with a potentially fatal cocktail of radioactive radiation from its residues. When performing a cost benefi

Going Green With Solar Energy

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Solar is an energy source derived from radiation of the Sun’s rays. Basically there are two common types of solar energy: solar thermal energy and solar photovoltaic energy. Solar thermal energy converts the radiation into heat whereas photovoltaic energy converts the radiation into electricity. The primary focus is on the latter source of energy. For photovoltaic solar energy to work, photovoltaic cells are required to convert sunlight into energy through the photoelectric effect. These cells are also known as solar cells and are made of silicon composite materials which absorb the sun’s rays. Solar energy will excite the electrons in the cells, thus converting the energy into a DC current of electricity. This form of electricity would then be converted into AC and then back into DC for general electricity consumption purposes. Solar power is renewable and has the perpetuality advantage due to the Sun being its one and only primary source of energy. It does not create any chemical

Choosing and Comparing Private Health Insurance

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There are a wide variety of private health insurance plans out there in the market, but which one to choose for you represents a daunting task. Not only are you looking for the package that caters best for you, other factors such as the price and reasoning of the private health insurance comes into question. There is however some basic ways to compare and choose the package that suits you most. The most important aspect of comparing options would be to understand what is needed for you beforehand. These insurances cover a wide range of daily behavioural patterns and incur different premiums for them. Physical health conditions, hazardous habitual lifestyle patterns like smoking and drinking and also the job that you currently hold affects the premium costs the most. Other factors such as age, relationship status and selected benefits to be covered also have a significant impact on the insurance premium costs. Therefore it is important to know beforehand what you already have and what

Coming of a New Age

This blog has been dormant for quite a while. To kick start a new Renaissance, i won't be posting random crap about life or bullshit about my neighbor's dog anymore. Instead, i will place more attention on factual and intellectual findings regarding anything that i find amusing and interesting. Stay tuned.