How Renewable Energy Can Benefit You and Your Family

Renewable energy has been all the rage for a while now, and it’s only natural for it to be in such high demand right now. The global warming and general pollution are pushing humanity to a bind, one that keeps getting worse with time like a disease. Many governments are starting to convert from limited and toxic energy sources to green and renewable forms, some countries more than others. The most popular form of renewable energy is solar energy since a lot of the different forms of renewable energy used around the world are derivatives of solar power. 

The world is starting to lean towards renewable energy forms and some ambitious governments are looking forward to making their country 100% dependent on renewable energy. The world aside, renewable energy can have a small-scale effect on people who opt to use them. Personal endeavors made by individuals and their families around the world are starting to help make a difference, government or political decisions aside. There are some positive effects, both short-term and long-term, that result from using renewable energy sources instead of nonrenewable ones. We’ll be presenting you with some of the most popular benefits renewable energy can provide to you and your family.

Health Benefits

In cities where pollution has become an imminent danger in the lives of its population, nonrenewable energy shows its true fangs. Energy sources like fuel, coal, petroleum, and natural gas, which is considered the 4 most commonly used forms of fossil fuels, are detrimentally affecting the environment to the point of being outright dangerous. It’s becoming almost normal to hear about whole families suffering from allergies, brain disorders, heart diseases, and even cancer from the heavily contaminated air. Renewable energy resources greatly reduce such risks, solar energy for example, doesn’t require fracking, clean water consumption, or nuclear waste management. It’s not just air contamination that could hurt your family, water contamination is also one of the major causes of incurable diseases and disorders. The most dangerous contaminant of both air and water are nuclear wastes, which also showed how disastrous it could be both in the past and the present.

Distribution Systems

What makes nonrenewable energy resources truly shine in comparison to renewable ones is its decentralized distribution system. A good example that can be set to prove the superiority of renewable energy distribution systems is a power plant failure. If a power plant fails due to a hurricane, human error, or any other circumstance, a whole city can lose its power. Solar energy is the most popular decentralized system, every house with solar panels can power itself, regardless of the circumstances of other houses. Your family can stay warm even if a power plant shuts off for any reason. Independency makes renewable energy a logical choice.

Safer Jobs

The number of workers affected every day by toxic compounds, fires, chemical or mechanical explosions, or mine collapsing are proof that not only nonrenewable energy is harmful by itself, extracting it is also dangerous. From the workforce point of view, one of the most important of numerous renewable energy benefits is that jobs which are related to the production and utilization of clean energy resources are on the rise. They don’t have the high risk of accidents occurring in contrast with its nonrenewable counterpart. As renewable energy becomes more in demand, jobs that accommodate the demand with the reasonable supply will increase, which means safer jobs for you and your whole family in the future. China has taken serious steps in the clean energy race with over 2 million people working in the solar energy sector alone, and many other countries are following suit as the benefits are already clear.

Trade Deficit

Several countries face billions of dollars’ worth of trade deficit due to their heavy dependence on oil supply. The trade deficit isn’t totally caused by importing oil, yet it’s heavily affecting it and its momentum isn’t dying down. The currency is being directly pressured on by the contribution of foreign oil and creating a debt that would only make it harder to close the trade deficit gap. Clean energy sources are very effective at decreasing a country’s dependence on foreign energy sources. Cars and methods of transportation in general, whether they’re commercial or personal, force the importation of oil because if oil is gone all of a sudden, life will come to a stop. Clean energy sources, mostly electric and solar, are our get out of jail free card; as they can effectively power most vehicles if development is pushed further. The economy’s and trade deficit effect on you and your family is partially caused by the complex situation of foreign oil-dependence.

Global awareness about energy resources has indeed gone up compared to the past, yet it still isn’t rising fast enough as we’d like it to. That doesn’t mean that the future looks grim, on the contrary, it’s been a while since most nations have agreed on one thing, that is, the benefits of renewable energy.