Incorporating solar panels to Cerritos College to utilize the sun’s energy as an alternative source of energy would be a really great idea, but has anyone thought of doing it?

The plans to install solar panels in the White House by spring 2011 will not only heat water and supply electricity to the First Family, but it will serve as an example for the utilization of solar energy.

In today’s world of new technology and scientific inventions, everyone is really motivated to make planet Earth “green” and save its natural resources, and a great way to do so is with the use of solar power.

The use of renewable energy sources is important due to the inevitable scarcity of fossil fuels in the near future.

Wow, isn’t that a praiseworthy idea? Whoever invented solar panels was a mastermind.

However, Cerritos College isn’t using solar panels or solar energy to save the environment. It sounds so weird and awkward to say that a school that teaches students to use alternative sources of energy and keep the planet green doesn’t follow the system in reality.

It is so dramatic to just to teach and not apply the lesson in real life .

However the reason for not using solar panels, as explained by administrators, is that during the economic crisis, our school can’t afford solar panels.

Furthermore, administrators claim that solar panels don’t provide a proper solution to saving energy.

It is hypocritical to use budget cuts as an excuse to avoid the use of solar panels when the school is spending money on new buildings, new furniture in classrooms and in staff lounges, which are not as important as the use of solar energy.

We are familiar that the cost of establishing the plan is tremendous, requires a huge budget and seems impossible.

Due to budget cuts, classes are being cut, students are being dropped form the classes and the number of teachers is decreasing.

During such a situation, we should be open to exploring the positive effects that might come about from incorporating solar panels into the school’s buildings.

If the government wishes to encourage adopting a new system with the use of solar panels, then it must carry out some helpful plan, such as lowering the price for establishing solar panels, allowing some INGO’s and NGO’s to invest in the plan to decrease the price.

Instead of implementing solar panels in the White House,  they should be used in public places so that the general public can make use of them.  It’s easy to give examples and show models, but when it comes to their use in homes, the system really is not affordable.

Rather than just giving a demo and investing for their use in White House, it would be a really good idea if government used some technique to make solar energy affordable to the public.

Greg Spooner, philosophy instructor, has found a way to incorporate solar panels in his home.

“They work really well and have decreased my electricity bill.  They are reliable and produce more energy than necessary.”

From Spooner’s data, what can we conclude?

Is it that our school is really concerned about establishing solar panels, or is it just trying to avoid the topic by using budget cuts as an excuse for not taking advantage of solar energy?