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Should solar + batteries be considered truly renewable? Both panels and batteries do degrade. Solar panels last, what, 20-30 years? Big batteries probably aroun
by olegkikin 9y ago
Should solar + batteries be considered truly renewable? Both panels and batteries do degrade. Solar panels last, what, 20-30 years? Big batteries probably around the same, if not less. And the production of them is not exactly clean, though probably much cleaner than gas/oil/coal for the same energy output.
- taneq 9y agoThe raw materials for both can be reprocessed, so yeah.
- saiya-jin 9y ago20-30 years of battery life? I wish so, currently it's more like 5-6 and even there you already see the degradation. I am waiting for better batteries, for last 20 years and I keep hearing how in 20 years it will all be better... no.