What are Solar Powered Street Lights?
Solar powered street lights are street lights that are powered by sunlight. These have been seen around the University of Wales, Aberystwyth. CLICK HEREto visit their blog. After all, I did get my information for this post off of there. Also, the Environment and Ethics Officer of the Guild of Students at the University of Wales, Aberystwyth, talks about the environment and ethics around the university.
How Do They Work?
These solar powered street lights work by using photovoltaic (PV) solar cells. This means that it uses sunlight, not sunshine.The solar radiation coming from the sunlight is converted into energy. Then, I’m guessing, energy is turned into light.
These solar powered street lights are stored in a battery during the day and they kick in when it gets dark outside.
Is the Solar Powered Street Light a Good Thing?
Of course this is good thing. For one, solar energy is 100% renewable. This means that there would be no fuel costs. The only costs would be for purchasing, installing, and the maitenance for the product. Secondly, it fights off global warming and climate change because over the lifetime of the solar powered street light, it would be more than recovered with the electricity savings. This means that there is no use taking power from coal-fired plants.
What Do the Solar Powered Street Lights Do for the University?
Unfortunately, the impact of these solar powered street lights are small compared to carbon emissions of the university. At least it’s a start though, right?
My Opinion…
First of all, I would like to congratulate the Environment and Ethics Officer of the Guild of Students at the University of Wales, Aberystwyth on such a well written post. The solar powered street light is an awesome idea. It helps fight off global warming and climate change, which is great! If every city/town had these, it would help fight off this “inconvenient truth”. This isn’t the only thing we need to do to save our planet, though. We have to work together not only locally, or nationally. We need to work as a globe. I wish I could tell you guys out there how to stop this, but I can’t. After all, I’m only just a kid.
2 responses so far ↓
1 Nancy McKeand // Nov 6, 2006 at 12:59 pm
But you are a kid with some great ideas. I am glad that you are willing to share them!
2 Sam Wu // Nov 7, 2006 at 6:48 am
I read your blog, and it gets me thinking of my own project on focusing solar energy due to the decrease of fossil fuels. You can read about it in my blog on Model United Nations(it’s on my elgg acount).
Would you also kindly tell Mr.Fisher that I love Inkheart and Inkspell, and also that I have already read it long ago. He does know good books! Also suggest to him that to read Kathryn Lasky’s books (she’s also Canadian). She’s visiting our school this year because I told my teacher to invite her, and now she’s coming. I’m in the visiting author comitee, and so I get to see her on my own!!!! Next year, I will try to get Cornelia Funke to come!