The system that has been designed could be used mainly as a new method of alternative energy collection. Solar energy collection is a fairly new concept, with its greater potential for benefiting society still unknown to mankind. The system that has been designed will help improve energy usage and collection, as it can be used in a large grid system (See Figure 4), connected with other solar energy collecting tree systems. It will be able to provide energy to power communities and their homes in the same efficient manner that burning coal or using natural gas would, with the positive side of being much more environmentally friendly.

This system would also prevent more power outages, since the photovoltaic panels will store the extra collected energy in a generator for future use. This makes the system more reliable in different weather conditions. Since there is always extra energy, power outages would not occur as often, if at all.

This solar energy collection device can be used for a long amount of time without adjustment, since it has various different panels to collect light at different angles. Therefore, maintenance crews are not needed often, allowing for a better lifestyle for many. Solar panels are naturally self-maintaining. This specific design allows for even more efficiency. Some panels may be shaded at some times, but they can continue to absorb reflected light from other areas. In the wintertime, to prevent snow cover, a glass dome may be placed over the system. The glass can also help to collect more reflected energy, making this system more sustainable and useful for helping to further the attempts to end the energy crisis for obtaining oil and gas. This will help continue to make the world more environmentally friendly.

The results of this experiment regarding the first portion of this project can also be used in the future for scientists to discover more about the mathematics of Picea glauca trees and other coniferous trees. This could possibly help develop an even more efficient alternative energy method in the future, or allow for a greater understanding of the morphology of plants, and possibly relate this to genetics.

If plants could be genetically engineered with the perfect morphology for collecting solar energy, they could photosynthesize quicker and more efficiently, releasing more oxygen into the atmosphere so planet Earth continues to be a better place to live. If humankind is ever to terraform the moon or Mars, they could genetically engineer a perfect species to absorb carbon dioxide and release oxygen. This phase may possibly occur after astrobiologists discover a way to cause global warming in Mars’ thin atmosphere in order to store the carbon dioxide properly. As well, if the perfect plant is genetically engineered to absorb the most amount of carbon dioxide, it would make a more efficient wood to burn for energy, as society has not quite evolved enough from the use of environment-polluting resources yet. Using a more efficient wood to burn in the meantime would have better environmental benefits. The transition from burning resources for energy to mostly alternative energy could be helped with the solar tree system as well.

Since a formula has also been determined based on the collected mathematical data, it can be used by scientists as a quicker, but less accurate, way of determining the height of a Picea glauca tree. This method should only be used for some field studies and nature observations. Nonetheless, it is a handy tool, and is much safer than attempting to climb a tree with a measuring tape, and less time-consuming than using triangulation calculations. This also shows that trees have greater mathematical capability than one first presumes.

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