The Dark Shadow Shrine

embrace the darkness; that you may see the light nestled within it......

Tuesday, March 26, 2013

Solar Panels

This is useful to show how our HDB is going the solar route. Note the drop in cost by 60%, which is a useful rebuttal for the common argument that solar panels are highly expensive and thus not commercially viable.
Of importance also is the last column, where it is mentioned that technology is not the silver bullet here. 'Sustainable consumption', which involves a change in human habits and lifestyle is also crucial, so as to ensure that whatever energy saved by the green technology is not offset or outweighed by the wastage caused by humans. Indeed, the use of green tech may actually cause man to have less qualms about wasting more energy. Note the statistic that 5 billion pounds worth of energy is wasted worldwide every year. See THIS link.

Sample Qn: 'Science can never provide complete answers to our problems.' Do you agree?