I recently had solar panels installed on my house. What an exciting day it was! Take a look….
The men arrive with 30 solar panels. The panels collect the sun’s energy in the wires that run through the panels.
The panels turn the sun’s energy into electrical energy.
The electricity made by my panels is sold back to Orange & Rockland Electric Company, reducing my electric bill each month. I like the idea of saving money!
Even more important, I’m reducing my “carbon footprint”. If I can create electricity from the sun, then the electric company doesn’t have to burn so much coal to create electricity for me. Burning coal puts pollution (carbon dioxide and other harmful gases) into the air. Less coal burned = cleaner air! 🙂
Air pollution is trapping the sun’s heat near Earth. It’s making the planet warmer. While that might seem appealing during the winter, it’s upsetting the balance of nature. For more information on global warming, click here.
Turning on the solar panels so they can begin generating electricity.
It’s good to know that there’s something we can do to help reduce air pollution and slow down global warming.
I can see how much electricity my panels are generating. All the information is just a click away on my computer.
Looking at the bar graph above, you can see the number of kilowatt hours of electricity my solar panels generated in July. Can you tell which days were bright and sunny? Which days were overcast?
Electric meter on my house. This photo was taken at 9:30 in the morning on a day in January. Note the last two digits on the digital meter: 76.
This picture was taken the same day, at 4:30 in the afternoon. Even though we used electricity in our house during the day, our panels created more electricity than we used, so the meter number went down to 73 (kilowatts per hour). The electric company owes ME money!
I had no idea that when you get solar panels can lower your electrical bill that’s so cool!
Solar Panels help the world, and I don’t understand why everyone doesn’t use them. They help slow down climate change, making the world a better place. Everyone should get them!
I should get those solar panals they are probably helpful
I learned that you can save electricity by buying sa solar panel and save money I am going to tell my mom and dad to buy them.
I learned that solar panels are saving the planet and gives a huge portion of your electricity. I thought that they only did a small portion of electricity. 🙂
thoses solar panals are very helpful for energy
When I get older i will definitely get solar panels, im glad that they exist, we really need to lower the CO2 in the world!
When i’m an adult I would love to have solar panels on my roof! In my opinion they are the best way to generate energy without creating more air pollution. It makes the Earth so much better.
If people can save money and the earth, why doesn’t everybody have this.
Solar panels are a great way to save money. It’s so cool how the electricity owes you money and how much money you can save if you get solar panels.
if everyone used solar power maybe poverty and problems due to limited amounts of money wouldn’t be such a problem and there would be more money to go around.
Solar panels are a great way to save energy. It helps slow down climate change, which is important. Were the solar panels worth it or were they not a big deal?
Wow it is so cool that you save money with solar panels
I think it is a awesome idea to have solar panels on your roof. I would like to use solar panels.
I learned that solar panels can absorb the sun from wires!
solar pannels are cool and are very helpful and should be more common
I think it is so cool that you installed solar panels on your house! What a great way to reduce air pollution.
I never knew that mrs.Christie-blick had solar panel’s on her house but it’s good that for the earth.
Solar panels are so cool. I will definitely get solar panels when I grow up.
It’s great that you can reduce your electric bill buy buying solar panels
Solar panel are awesome. Solar panels should be a normal technology and people should use it. I want to have solar panels on my house in the future!
We think it is really good that solar panels are for sale and many people are buying them. It is good that the people who are saving the environment are also saving money.
I think it rely good that you did that
the people on ms christie blicks roof look like there climing a mountain
It was amazing seeing them but the solor pannels on the roof! that looks hard. I never want to do the.
Solar panels look like something I’d like to invest in when I am an adult. It is so cool that you are saving money and helping the enviornment at the same time. How much did the solar panels cost? Were they worth it?