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The last I checked, the sun was rather abundant in stored energy, and quite good at releasing some of it. It's 'simply' a case of capturing it. Many panels ar
by jacknews 6y ago
The last I checked, the sun was rather abundant in stored energy, and quite good at releasing some of it.
It's 'simply' a case of capturing it.
Many panels are made in China. Not a place really known for it's uninvolved government, from what I hear.
The whole 'it's all powered by fossil fuels' argument is a bit old now, and was only really valid becuase so much of the energy mix was in fact fossil. As we switch, the argument increasingly no longer holds.
- ppf 6y agoIndeed, which is why a careful examination needs to be made of the energy and resource cycles involved. It'll be interesting if we ever switch to an energy economy fuelled entirely by PV (or similar), and seeing how the energy economics plays out. This is aside from the various minerals needed to continually replenish our new green energy sources, and what we do with the complex and poisonous wastes produced. As for your comments on China - they certainly don't have any issues allowing widespread pollution and industrial poisoning of their people and land. >The whole 'it's all powered by fossil fuels' argument is a bit old now It'll only be "old" when China reduces the amount of coal (and mostly brown coal) that it uses to manufacture all this stuff for us. They have enormous reserves, it won't happen any time soon.