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It depends if you're including the carbon footprint of the entire solar panel build/shipment process (from raw materials to shipping/etc). I'm not sure of the n
by sovnade 7y ago
It depends if you're including the carbon footprint of the entire solar panel build/shipment process (from raw materials to shipping/etc). I'm not sure of the numbers, but installation is a negligible part of the total solar impact to the environment.
- Nasrudith 7y agoIf you use that level of accounting nuclear plants also have a sizeable footprint just from their concrete useage in construction. I am a fan of nuclear but current economics seem against it even if they are driven by irrational reactions.
- Treblemaker 7y agoBut doesn't that carbon footprint assume that the energy to manufacture and transport the panels comes from fossil fuels? Then it seems we would eventually reach a point where a sufficient fraction of the energy to produce and transport would itself come from solar, leading to a reduction and eventual elimination of that carbon footprint.