Have you ever considered the consequences of losing power in your home for more than a few hours? What about a few days, a week, or even longer? Our nation's power grid is vulnerable to natural or man-made disaster. Invisible and reliable electric power goes unnoticed until the lights or other electrical appliances won't come on. It would be prudent for consumers to prepare for more costly and less reliable supply of energy as our aging electrical grid falls behind demand. Every year natural disasters such as hurricanes, tornadoes, snowstorms and ice storms wreak havoc all across the country that leaves millions of people without power.
It seems nearly endless when you start researching power outages. Look what has happened in just the last six months with all of the devastating tornadoes and floods in America. It is not a matter of if but when an electrical disaster will occur!
Man-made outages could be just as devastating as anything Mother Nature can throw at us. Our nation's power grid is completely interconnected and highly vulnerable to collapse, especially in times of high demand. All it takes is failure in one area-which can be caused by lightning strikes, simple equipment failure or transmission lines sagging and shorting out on trees-to cause a "domino effect" of failures over large areas. It happened in 2003 when trees (in a rural area of Ohio) shorted out some lines, ultimately causing a cascading failure of more than 256 power plants.
The current opposition to nuclear and coal power will leave many with higher electrical costs. President Obama commented, "under my plan of a cap and trade system, electricity rates would necessarily skyrocket."
Solar storms are also of great concern. Solar storms occur when bursts of electricity erupt from the surface of the sun. Between now and 2013 the sun's solar activity is expected to hit a peak not seen since the 1800s. Severe solar storms have the potential to literally melt electrical transformers and other equipment.
In a report recently released from the Heritage Foundation, a leading U.S. think tank, national security experts warned President Obama about another catastrophic threat. If an enemy nation or even a terrorist detonated an electromagnetic pulse (EMP) weapon above the continental United States, the effects would be similar to that of as catastrophic solar storm...perhaps even worse.
In any case, whether by Mother Nature or man-made catastrophe, the only person you can truly count on is yourself to come to the rescue. The government proved that with Hurricane Katrina in 2005. It was reported that New Orleans went from a modern internet-driven society to a third-world country in the space of nine hours.
The use of a solar powered generator is one solution that will reduce electricity costs and protect consumers when the electrical grid is threatened. It would be a perfect solution to any "lights out" scenario you may find yourself in.
A solar powered generator collects free energy from the sun and sends it to the solar battery for storage or immediate use. Here are some of the benefits a solar powered generator offers:
*Instant backup electrical power in any outage.
*An endless supply of free electricity that is automatically stored for use when you need it.
*You are able to permanently reduce electric bills.
*There is available plug-in-technology that allows one person to set it up in a few minutes and immediately have electrical power.
*Solar powered generators have no maintenance, no noise, and no trouble starting in cold weather and do not emit any deadly fumes.
*Solar powered generators do not require gas.
*You will have total immunity to government interference and control. Remember, the government does not own the sun!
*There are multiple uses for solar power electricity. You could run essential appliances such as a fridge, freezer, a sump pump, cell phones, shortwave radios, TV's, lights, furnace fans, computers, printers and much more.
You can see that a little planning ahead can avoid great problems. Solar powered generators can be a very economical purchase that provides free electricity. Solar powered generators will only become more valuable as future natural or man-made failures of the grid are a reality for each of us.
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