The Disadvantages of Solar Power

Here are a few major disadvantages to having solar panels in the world.

The first and widely known disadvantage is the price of installing solar panels. Solar panels are high priced because the materials are in low amount and because they are not being produced in mass production, which would reduce the price of solar panels, raise the product availability and thus increase demand. One way for this price to be decreased is having more people in the world buy solar panels. A solution to the low amount of solar panels in the United States, and the world, is for governments to give money back to those who buy the solar panels. Another way is for electricity companies to give money or credit to those who make more energy from the panels, than they use.

Another con to Solar Panels is that they cannot be placed everywhere in the world. Solar panels need to be in an area where there is a large amount of sunlight for most of the day (Some solar panels have the capability of moving with the sun).

The third and probably most interesting for most people is the idea of solar panel powered cars. A problem with these solar powered cars is that if they are not charged, and a cloud moves over the car, the car may lose power. Another con for most people is the fact that these cars can not go as fast as others.