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The Brochure - GLOBAL WARMING and local effects

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Solar energy<br />

More <strong>and</strong> more people have decided to get solar panels installed on the roofs of their houses.<br />

It is one of the most simple form to gain renewable energy. In Austria we have about 1m² solar<br />

panel per person.<br />

Concerning the financial aspect, Water <strong>and</strong> Wind energy is the cheapest. At the moment solar<br />

energy is not profitable in central Europe. It pays of itself just because it is funded by the<br />

government very much. But it will become more profitable in the future. So I think that we<br />

have to focus on exp<strong>and</strong>ing the use of hydropower <strong>and</strong> to make Wind Power <strong>and</strong> Solar energy<br />

more profitable. <strong>The</strong> incident solar energy on the earth roughly ten thous<strong>and</strong> times the current<br />

human energy needs. So there is a lot of potential, we could use.<br />

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