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Originally Posted by Tinordi
You should probably tell my boss that then.
And yay for more abject cynicism.
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I probably should. And I dont consider it 'abject cynicism' I consider it 'informed opinion.'
"Solar has the highest net energy return!!!"
Yeah, only if you totally 'Tyler Dellow' all the statistics.
I've actually seen the process involved in actually manufacturing solar panels and batteries and it is unbelievable. It is horrendously toxic and ridiculously oil-intensive. Its as though people have no concept of how much oil and toxic chemicals are involved in the process of manufacturing a solar panel or how many rare-earth and toxic minerals and materials are involved in producing a solar battery just to harmlessly collect the beautiful rays of the sun and do pretty much absolutely nothing with it.
So yeah, solar power is awesomesauce if you ignore the fact that its incredibly expensive and can only be accomplished via government subsidies, its incredibly toxic and dangerous to manufacture, it requires the highest amount of constant monitoring and maintenance, it generates very little actual energy and what it does generate is difficult to store in any ecological or efficient capacity or transport to where its required and it has to have a constant backup system which is typically fossil-fuel based.
Brilliant. Where do we sign up?