To Become Greener and Cleaner; Los Angeles Seeks Solar
Los Angeles has always been associated with the glamor of Hollywood, the congestion of it’s roadways, and it’s less than perfect air quality. However within the next decade there may be one more thing that is associated with the city of Los Angeles, solar power.
Just last month the mayor of Los Angeles Antonio Villaraigosa announced an ambitious plan that would require one-tenth of the cities electrical needs to be supplied by solar power by the year 2020. This breaks down to roughly 1300 Mega-Watts of electricity, and is the largest such plan of any city Worldwide. The city of Los Angeles plans to accomplish this through the installation of solar panels on commerical and residential buildings, along with expanding existing solar farms.
It is important to point out that there are many skeptics to this project out there who don’t believe it will be a financially viable alternative for the city. In large part solar energy is very expensive and takes many years if not decades to repay the initial investment cost. However by purchasing solar panels we can reduce our dependance on foreign oil, while at the sametime helping our environment become cleaner. I think it is about time for our society to overlook monetary costs in determining whether a project such as this one is worth being constructed. Certainly having a cleaner environment for all to benefit from far outweighs any initial capital cost.
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