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Author:      lester e school
How will solar power affect our lives in the future?  What is your prediction?

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Author:      mortis
I think solar power will affect your lives in the future pretty much the same 
way it affects your lives today, only more so.  Think of all the ways that 
solar power is used today:  solar water-heaters, passive solar space heating 
in houses with lots of windows, solar powered electronic devices and 
communications satellites.  In the future you will probably see more of these 
things as the cost of solar power gets cheaper and the cost of oil and natural 
gas gets more expensive.