The cost of nuclear is two or three times higher than coal for the same output, with capital costs amortised over the 50 year life of the plant. The cadmium yo

The cost of nuclear is two or three times higher than coal for the same output, with capital costs amortised over the 50 year life of the plant. The cadmium you worked with was either a result of handling dopants in a wafer manufacturing plant, or dust from finishing cells in a panel assembly plant. There is insignificant exposure between assembly and disposal, and even then disposal can include reclamation of materials so that we don’t have panels filling garbage dumps for the rest of eternity. Do you worry this much about the chemicals used to manufacture your plates or cutlery? As for transmission losses, the same applies for every energy source that isn’t collocates with point of consumption. Solar is as comparatively clean cheap and simple as it has been claimed to be because the options are so incredibly dirty and destructive.