In 2011, the International Energy Agency said that "the development of affordable, inexhaustible and clean solar energy technologies will have huge longer-term benefits. It will increase countries’ energy security through reliance on an indigenous, inexhaustible and mostly import-independent resource, enhance sustainability, reduce pollution, lower the costs of mitigating global warming, and keep fossil fuel prices lower than otherwise. These advantages are global. Hence the additional costs of the incentives for early deployment should be considered learning investments; they must be wisely spent and need to be widely shared". COUNT 4
QSN1 How will solar energy increase energy security? ANS1 through reliance on an indigenous, inexhaustible and mostly import-independent resource QSN2 What costs will solar energy lower? ANS2 the costs of mitigating global warming QSN3 What should the cost of incentives for producing solar energy be considered? ANS3 learning investments QSN4 What effect will solar energy have on the price of fossil fuels? ANS4 keep fossil fuel prices lower than otherwise