Buying solar panels is not the future — here’s why | Anish Beeram | TEDxYouth@SanAntonio

Often, when individuals conceptualize clean energy, they imagine costly solar panels being installed on their rooftops, alongside the immense investment into maintenance, storage, and upkeep. Put simply, conventional solar energy is seen as inaccessible, unaffordable, and unrealistic for most people.

But solar energy is an approachable innovation. Instead of producing and storing solar energy at one’s homes, individuals can invest into local solar energy production companies, like Big Sun Solar for instance. At its most basic, you can buy a solar energy package with these solar production companies, where they subsidize any percentage of your annual energy usage with solar energy. The companies then supply clean energy to the CPS energy grid, so a larger proportion of the energy that you use is produced cleanly instead of by burning carbon. Put simply, this technology is an affordable and accessible way for everyday people to transition to clean energy usage, challenging the conventional notion of what clean energy investments look like.

If adopted at scale, clean energy could provide for more of the people’s energy usage, decreasing reliance on carbon-produced energy on a local, state, and national level. Anish is a senior at TMI Episcopal in San Antonio, Texas. Anish served on the 2021-22 San Antonio Mayor’s Youth Engagement Council for Climate Initiatives, where he advocated for cost-effective renewable energy alternatives and sustainable infrastructure projects.

Anish has competed in Congressional and World Schools Debate Formats, serving as the captain of his school team. In World Schools, Anish serves on the 2022-23 USA National Debate Team, as one of the 12 students nationwide chosen to represent the 150,000 American debaters in competitive international debate. In Congressional Debate, Anish won the 2022 Tournament of Champions, the most prestigious circuit debate tournament in the United States, and finished as a top 10 finalist at the NSDA Congressional Senate, UT Longhorn Classic, Emory Barkley Forum, Harvard Round Robin, and TFA State Tournament.

An Eagle Scout with Bronze and Gold Palms, Anish founded the Eagle Action Project, a certified Texas 501(c)(3) nonprofit dedicated to building scouting troops in underserved areas, teaching life skills and environmental stewardship to youth in need. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx

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