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Yeah, just like fresh water and trees are everywhere, so why bother conserving them. Environmental destruction is a huge problem and usable sand is a limited r
by friedturkey 5y ago
Yeah, just like fresh water and trees are everywhere, so why bother conserving them.
Environmental destruction is a huge problem and usable sand is a limited resource and often in delicate environments. It’s not the 19th century anymore—people today are more aware that taking resources has consequences.
- lovemenot 5y agoThere's a widely-held belief that the energy cost of PV production is largely outweighed the benefits from PV usage. This may have been somewhat more true in the past, but I believe the energy payback period is now less than 24 months, on a PV device that should last over 20 years. We must pay attention to weighing up the relative costs to environmental destruction by one cause (production and disposal of PV) against its most common alternative (continued fossil fuel usage).
- rtpg 5y agoNobody is arguing that the material usage from non-recycled goods is a big enough issue to stop selling solar panels. But maybe this technique makes the payback go from 24 months to 22 months. Maybe even just to 23.5 months! It’s still progress!
- lovemenot 5y ago>> Nobody is arguing ... Nobody here is arguing that. FUD is a real thing. Be careful not give them ammunition.
- friedturkey 5y agoWhat? You somehow implied that people hate renewable energy when the only thing is people are saying that in addition to that, recycling is good. FUD isn't even an applicable term.