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These aren't an issue with renewables if you live in a relatively rich area. If you live in Ghana, your perspective might be significantly different. https://
by celestialcheese 5y ago
These aren't an issue with renewables if you live in a relatively rich area.
If you live in Ghana, your perspective might be significantly different.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-05-29/the-rich-world-s-electronic-waste-dumped-in-ghana https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-05-29/the-rich-...
We don't have a plan for handling this solar waste in 25 years, which is estimated to be 78M metric tons in 2050. [1]
This doesn't need to be an either-or scenario, but we can't ignore the waste and environmental cost of solar in these discussions.
1 -https://www.wired.com/story/solar-panels-are-starting-to-die-leaving-behind-toxic-trash/ https://www.wired.com/story/solar-panels-are-starting-to-die...