That energy is stored in solar batteries so that it can be utilized later as well as at night and when sunlight is obscured by clouds. Unfortunately, the current state of solar energy technology is not efficient enough to compete with the amounts of energy put out by traditional energy production methods. However, with continued research and development, solar panels are becoming smaller and more energy efficient in exactly the same way that traditional forms of energy production gradually evolved into more efficient forms throughout the 19th and 20th centuries. Just as government subsidization was necessary to promote the growth of oil companies, gasoline engines, and (especially) the gasoline stations necessary to provide a nationwide infrastructure to support the use of private automobiles, that approach is now necessary to ensure that renewable energy forms can be developed sufficiently to provide a realistic and comprehensive alternative to fossil fuel systems. The road to clean, renewable energy must incorporate public involvement together with education and political...

In time, that support can help future human societies eliminate their dependence on a source of energy that will surely run out sooner rather than later and that is responsible for such great negative costs associated with its use. Ultimately, solar energy is the most logical answer and the most reasonable and safe energy form for human civilizations.
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