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Solar Energy. Solar Energy is slowly becoming the need. It is renewable energy. Pollution free. Never ending. As per a program by discovery Channel, Sun supplies 13 Units of total energy demand of our earth per day. The only hurdle is to capture it and use it in our interest. Power tower in Barstow, California. As we have seen , the Tsunami Japan , the effect of Nuclear energy after disaster. It was impossible to control the damages. But if renewable resources are used , then such damages can be prevented. Few Facts about solar energy: 1.Argument that sun provides power only during the day is countered by the fact that 70% of energy demand is during daytime hours. At night, traditional methods can be used to generate the electricity. 2.P ollution free, indefinitely sustainable 3.Mitigates the effects of acid rain, carbon dioxide, and other impacts of burning coal and counters risks associated with nuclear energy. 4.Energy reaching the earth is incredible. By one calculation, 30...