Alternate+Energy+Group+—Solar+Power



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 · WaterWatts (Hydropower) ======

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 · Sunstain (Solar energy) ======

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 · FANtastic (Wind energy) ======

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 · Tourism Industry ======

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 · Ninh Thuan Local Community Group ======

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 · Natural Energy ======

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 · UNIEAE ======

Sunstain’s aim is to make solar power a big part of the sustainable future. Solar power’s main advantages are that it doesn’t give off any emissions into the atmosphere. It is sustainable in the way that sunlight will not run out, and we can keep using it for as long as is needed. Nuclear energy is commonly referred to as “the clean energy”, but is it really clean? It may not give off any emissions, but the toxic waste that is produced does not degrade, and is harmful to the environment. Together with hydropower and wind power, we can be part of an environmentally friendly, low risk future.

**Advantages of Solar Power**
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">1. Saves you money

· After the solar panel is installed into your building, the energy from the sun is practically FREE. · If your system produce more energy than you use, your utility company can buy it from you, building up a credit on your account! This is called net metering. That means, the government pays you for the extra energy that your solar panel gives off. · It will save you money on your electricity bill if you have one at all. · Solar energy does not require any fuel. · It's not affected by the supply and demand of fuel and is therefore not subjected to the ever- increasing price of gasoline. · The savings are immediate and for many years to come. · The use of solar energy indirectly reduces health costs. · Solar Energy is clean, renewable (unlike gas, oil and coal) and sustainable it helps to protect our environment. · It doesn't pollute our air by releasing carbon dioxide, nitrogen oxide, sulphur dioxide or mercury into the atmosphere like other forms of electrical generations does in the process of making energy. · Solar Energy does not contribute to global warming or acid rain · It actively contributes to the decrease of harmful green house gas emissions. · It's generated where it is needed. · By not using any fuel, Solar Energy does not contribute to the cost and problems of the recovery and transportation of fuel or the storage of radioactive waste. · Solar Energy can be utilized to offset utility-supplied energy consumption. It does not only reduce your electricity bill, but will also continue to supply your home/ business with electricity in the event of a power outage. · A Solar Energy system can operate entirely independent, not requiring a connection to a power or gas grid at all. Systems can therefore be installed in remote locations (like holiday log cabins), making it more practical and cost-effective than the supply of utility electricity to a new site. · The use of Solar Energy reduces our dependence on foreign and/or centralized sources of energy, influenced by natural disasters or international events and so contributes to a sustainable future. · Solar Energy supports local job and wealth creation, fuelling local economies.
 * 2. Environmentally friendly**
 * 3. Independent/ semi-independent**

**<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Disadvantages of Nuclear Power: **
> ======<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">It must be sealed up and buried for many thousands of years to allow the radioactivity to die away. For all that time it must be kept safe from earthquakes, flooding, terrorists and everything else. This is difficult. ======
 * ======<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Plutonium is a man - made waste of nuclear fission, it can be used in nuclear power plants or in making bombs. By the year 2000, more than 310 tons of weapons and bombs from plutonium were made. ======
 * ======<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Risk of accident: On April 26th of 1986, the number 4 reactor at Chernobyl power plants exploded, causing the biggest nuclear accident ever. 30 people were killed instantly, 28 because of radiation exposure. Scientists found out that radiation can reach a really long distance. ======
 * ======<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Although not much waste is produced, it is very, very dangerous. ======


 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">How does Solar Energy work? **

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<span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 24pt; margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.5in;">"Solar Energy - Kids Science Videos and Lessons That Make Learning Fun and Easy." //Educational Videos and Games for Kids about Science, Math, Social Studies and English//. Web. 31 Mar. 2011. []. ======

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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">**Your group is a specialist group asked to join this debate to tell people what solar power actually is and how it might be useful to Vietnam, especially as an alternative to nuclear power. You believe that many people at the debate may feel they want to move away from nuclear power after all that has happened.** ======

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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">**There has been a lot of talk about solar power and how it is either too expensive or not reliable enough to be a viable source of energy into the future. Your group believes that these criticisms are unfair. Your group gets paid by different solar energy companies to attend public discussions and inform the public about what solar power really is.** ======

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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">**Your group knows that the opportunity is right now in the Vietnamese market. With many people worried about nuclear energy, you can use this fear to win a bigger market in Vietnam for your customers which will then lead to greater influence in the future for solar power.** ======

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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">**Your group needs to be careful. You can’t risk alienating the local people but you can’t alienate the business people either. Solar power is not a strong enough technology to solve all of Vietnam’s power issues alone, but it can work with other sources including nuclear energy if that must be the case.** ======

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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">**The best outcome for your group is to team up with others and get them to promote at least some solar power in the future.** ======