Hello! And welcome back to the Curious Kid Podcast.

We learned about the sun back in episode 147.

In that episode, we learned how powerful the sun is and how important it is for us here on Earth.

It provides us with lots of light and lots of warmth and it does that from

over 93 million miles away. There are other ways we can benefit from the amazing sun and we

are going to learn more about one of those today. Double mail bag. Double mail bag.

Hi Jacob and Olivia.

I am Randall from Singapore, and I am turning eight this year.

I listen to your podcast every day while my mommy drives me to school.

I'm curious about solar panels.

I really want to know more about them and how we convert energy from the sun

to electricity. Thank you, and I look forward to your next podcast. My name is Kyle. I live in

Littleton, Colorado, and could you please get curious about solar panels?

Thank you.

Thank you.

Anytime we get messages from our listeners, it lights up my day, but it's so cool getting messages from amazing places like Singapore and getting voicemails, too.

We are getting curious about solar panels this week for Randall and Kyle.

We use lots of energy every day. It takes energy to heat and cool our homes and cars, to power our

washers and dryers, to turn on light bulbs, to use appliances like refrigerators, ovens,

and dishwashers, to turn on televisions and so much more.

It's hard to even understand how much energy each and every one of us uses.

Would you believe it if I told you that the sun has enough energy to meet the energy needs of the entire planet?

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