solar panels

So yesterday we talked about solar panels. The reason was because we talked about the deepwater horizon oil spill that occurred and that because so much of the world runs on oil it is a very important resource. Mr Schick has solar panels and said that every time they added more solar panels to their roof they reduced their electric bill to a quarter of what it was so. Many people believe that solar panels aren't worth it because you loose money before you start saving and making money. That is because solar panels are very expensive but if you add a little at a time the panels will become more affordable because your saving money. The reason we talked about oil is because almost all machines on earth run on petroleum or oil and plastic is made out of oil, So with the oil spill of deepwater horizon a lot of money was lost. We also learned that the US is the largest consumer of oil in the world and we produce enough oil to supply India which is the third biggest consumer. The reason we consume so much oil is because plastic has oil and since so many companies use plastic containers the amount of oil we consume is almost tripled compared to the amount of oil we use for cars and engines. So if we switched to a small amount of solar panels and add one very year you will save more money than buying a bunch of solar panels at once. Oil is referred to as black gold because without oil many of the middle eastern and African economies would suffer and maybe cause major debt in the country along with the loss of many jobs so that why we buy so much oil. So clearly we didn't do much yesterday in class but I still was entertained and had fun.