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Originally Posted by CliffFletcher
U of C reearchers are saying the cost of replacing and disposing of solar panels will be much higher than regulators have anticipated. The efficiency of panels is improving so rapidly year over year that panels will not be in service for 30 years, but 10 years or less.
If we’re going to increasingly rely on an energy source that produces huge amounts of toxic waste that cannot be readily disposed of, I wonder why we don’t just ramp up nuclear.
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The report mentions that cumulative waste will reach 78 million tonnes from Solar panels. In contrast the US coal industry in 2014 generated 130 million tonnes of coal ash.