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How do you quantify the life and healthcost of the mining, “recycling”, and disposal of the PV and the battery? PV and batteries are expected to last only thre
by nobodyandproud 6y ago
How do you quantify the life and healthcost of the mining, “recycling”, and disposal of the PV and the battery?
PV and batteries are expected to last only three decades or a decade+, respectively.
Unlike a centralized power source, decentralized power has all of the downsides that we have today with consumer garbage. Disposal is left to the consumer, which means it’s just going into landfills.
Ethics is a strawman.
- DoctorOetker 6y agoAs long as the mining activity was by informed consent, i.e. no slavery explicit nor implicit, any life and healthcost of mining, recycling and disposal is incurred with informed consent...
- nobodyandproud 6y agoThe effects of mining and disposal don’t disappear after one generation, and solar and wind is not a solution that works for all climates and regions. The multi-generational ethical problems you’ve constructed apply to oil; gas; solar; windmills; nuclear. To put it another way: There is no free lunch, but some sources like gas and oil must be reduced. Of that there is no doubt. The unethical choice is to outright disregard other proven solutions because of unfounded fear and doubt, and leave an irreversible disaster for the next generation.
- DoctorOetker 6y agosorting isotopes takes a lot more energy than sorting chemicals