When thinking about making a major lifestyle change, you first need to weigh up the advantages and disadvantages of solar energy, and what switching to an alternative energy source will entail.

Outlined below you will find the key advantages to making the switch and also one possible disadvantage that you should consider, and also a possible solution to that downside.

There are 5 main advantages to using solar energy:

1. Once you have installed solar panels, in order to power your lighting and heating, you are going to use much less conventional energy, if any

2. Subsequently as solar energy is very cheap to run you are going to have much lower power bills and you will therefore start saving money almost immediately

3. Energy from sunlight is unlimited, as that big ball in the sky isn’t going to be going anywhere else, anytime soon. Or if it is we are all in trouble

4. Solar energy is sustainable energy. By using solar panels to generate electricity for your home you aren’t depleting the planet of anything that it needs and nor are you pumping out any nasty bi-products such as carbon dioxide

5. In line with the above point you are reducing your infamous carbon footprint and thus doing what you can from a personal standpoint to help the environment. If everyone plays their own small part in this then the combined outcome will ensure big changes from an environmental point of view

Well as you can see the advantages of using solar energy are many, and they would seem at first glance to be a big motivator to making the switch.

However, we must now look at the disadvantages of using solar energy and to be honest there is only one, but it is a big one, the cost. If you get a professional estimate for installing solar panels in your home the cost will probably run into the tens of thousands of dollars. A big disadvantage I think you’ll agree.

However, after years of research, one company has come up with a solution. A solution that could herald not only a big switch to sustainable energy, but also saving those who make that switch thousands in their power costs every year.

Green DIY Energy has the complete solution to building and installing your own solar panels. Not only that but they have used tools and materials that are very low cost and readily available, and laid the step by step instructions out in such a manner as to make it accessible to everyone.

With the solar energy advantages and disadvantages leaning so heavily towards the advantages, it is therefore well worth investigating a solution that singlehandedly wipes away the only downside to moving over to a cheap, plentiful and sustainable form of power.