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WARNING: before anyone gets overenthusiastic, please observe that adopting this setup probably caused more harm to the environment than it prevented. Despite th
by valw 6y ago
WARNING: before anyone gets overenthusiastic, please observe that adopting this setup probably caused more harm to the environment than it prevented. Despite their romantic reputation, photovoltaics aren't green - they cost a lot of (usually dirty) energy and precious metals to manufacture, and are not renewable devices, so you want to make them count, i.e utilize them to a significant fraction of their potential, especially so on a grid like the Netherlands. This is not what this project is doing.
I'm absolutely sure the author means well and it sure is an interesting exercise, but this is not what transitioning towards green IT looks like. Sorry if this disappoints people's expectations, but these issues are more and more overlooked.
(Can't give you numbers rn as I'm on my phone, but you can work them out from e.g solar electricity emission factors)
- ta17711771 6y ago> not renewable devices If this means recyclable, that's slowly changing.