http://news.nationalgeographic.com/n...ility-ranking/
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China has already seen a backlash. Panel manufacturer Jinko Solar, for example, has faced protests and legal action since one of its plants, in the eastern province of Zhejiang, was accused of dumping toxic waste into a nearby river.
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That won't make it into a GHG emissions report though.
To be honest, you're right, I'm in the dark. I can't give you an exact comparison of the environmental impact of a solar panel vs. O&G. The problem lies mainly in that the numbers for solar panel manufacturing doesn't exist - the entire industry is unregulated and unmonitored. On the other hand, I can give you the exact numbers for O&G - especially in Canada, because we have insanely strict reporting rules and regulatory oversight.