Electricity is flowing in our bodies to power our hearts, lightning strikes the earth roughly 100 strikes per second<ref name="lightning"> NOAA Lightning Flash Rate. https://sos.noaa.gov/datasets/lightning-flash-rate/</ref>, and much of human productivity and also environmental destruction result from our reliance upon it. Electricity is everywhere, but at the same time there continue to be nearly a billion people without access to electricity globally. The primary issue has always been that electricity was always produced in a few select locations and then distributed out from there in an electrical grid to homes and businesses, which can be very expensive to expand. [[Special:MyLanguage/PV system types|Grid-tied PV systems]] can be used to help reduce the environmental impacts of electricity use and [[Special:MyLanguage/PV system types|stand-alone PV systems]] can help provide energy to areas where the grid doesn’t reach as they are able to produce, store and provide energy in the form of electricity even in the most remote locations.
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Electricity seems to be everwhere: flowing in our bodies to power our hearts, lightning is constantly striking the earth at roughly 100 strikes per second<ref name="lightning"> NOAA Lightning Flash Rate. https://sos.noaa.gov/datasets/lightning-flash-rate/</ref>, and nearly all of the factories and offices in the world use it. But it only seems to be everwhere as there continue to be nearly a billion people without access to electricity globally, primarily rural villages. The primary issue has always been that electricity was always produced in a few select locations and then distributed out from there in a system called the electrical grid to homes and businesses, which can be very expensive to expand. Despite not even reaching everyone on the planet, the electrical grid causes significant environmental damage that affect everyone.
Latest revision as of 13:09, 8 February 2021
Electricity seems to be everwhere: flowing in our bodies to power our hearts, lightning is constantly striking the earth at roughly 100 strikes per second[1], and nearly all of the factories and offices in the world use it. But it only seems to be everwhere as there continue to be nearly a billion people without access to electricity globally, primarily rural villages. The primary issue has always been that electricity was always produced in a few select locations and then distributed out from there in a system called the electrical grid to homes and businesses, which can be very expensive to expand. Despite not even reaching everyone on the planet, the electrical grid causes significant environmental damage that affect everyone.
