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Advantages of solar power are many. Although solar power is an energy source that we have only recently tapped into, it may easily become the most important energy source of the future. • Solar power is a renewable and natural resource. • Solar power is non-polluting. Unlike oil, solar power does not emit greenhouse gases or carcinogens into the air. • Light and energy from the sun costs nothing. Once you purchase the equipment to collect and convert energy from the sun, it costs you nothing to run. • Solar cells require little maintenance. • Solar cells can last a lifetime. • Solar power is silent.

• Solar energy can be used to heat water, dry clothes, heat swimming pools, power attic fans, power small appliances, produce light for both indoors and outdoors, and even to power cars, among other things.

• Solar energy products can be very expensive. The initial cost is, perhaps, the main disadvantage of solar energy. • To reach maximum level of efficiency you need a relatively large area to install solar panels. • Depending where you live (Arizona vs. Alaska, around many shady trees or in the desert, etc.), you will get different results with solar energy systems.

   Solar energy is our birthright like the air we breathe or the water we drink. Solar Home Plans and  cost effective   Solar Hot Water Projects  are the gateway into a "Solar Age"  of energy independence. Fossil fuels are no longer necessary to keep the wheels of civilization turning. Build your own solar heating system.  Explore the Strawberry Fields Book Store  for more information. Alternative energies like solar energy will increase in value as fossil fuel prices escalate making energy efficient,  solar houses more valuable. Solar collectors, solar hot water systems, heat storage vaults, photovoltaic electricity, solar panels, and solar greenhouses will soon become the standard rather than the exception to the standard in the near future According to Buckminster Fuller "We have wondered too far from the roots." An energy crisis can only be avoided only if we learn to rely on a diffuse, sustainable resource like the sun. Become part of this green economy and travel on the  Green Train and learn about Solar Rebate Incentives and Cheap Electricity                                                                             

There are also three main ways that tidal energy is harnessed: Tidal Barrages - A tidal barrage works like a dam. When the tide goes high, the reservoir fills up. When the tide drops the dam lets the water out. In both directions the moving water can spin the blades of turbines to create electricity. Tidal Fences - These are smaller structures than a barrage. A number of vertical turbines form a fence between two land masses. When the tide moves in or out, the turbines spin and generate electricity. Tidal Turbines - These are individual turbines placed anywhere there is a strong tidal flow.

Tidal power to turn water wheels and grind grains was used as far back as Roman times and the Middle Ages. The idea of using tidal power for electricity is fairly recent, but the costs have been too high to make it a major energy source. Recent technological advances have shown that it could become a competitive and viable source

Tidal turbines are more expensive to build and maintain than wind turbines, but produce more energy. They also produce energy more consistently as the tide is continuous while the wind doesn't always blow.