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Maine 20% fossil I believe. Or just buy some panels.
by formvoltron 4y ago
Maine 20% fossil I believe. Or just buy some panels.
- orangepurple 4y agoIs panel production energy intensive or toxic these days?
- thinkcontext 4y agoEnergy used in manufacture is paid back early in the panel's life. This article from 2018 gives a range of 1-4 years, things will have only improved since then. Most panels come with a warranty of 20 years at 90% of original output, so they come out way ahead. Its disappointing to see this myth repeated over and over again, you should examine the political motivations of the sources that are telling you how dirty panels are. There are externalities to their manufacture but any who tries to convince you they are worse than fossil fuels is being deceptive. https://cleantechnica.com/2018/02/03/solar-power-can-pay-easily/ https://cleantechnica.com/2018/02/03/solar-power-can-pay-eas...
- prescriptivist 4y agoOP is talking about CO2 emissions. 20% of Maines electricity generation is fossil but the vast majority of that is natural gas, which they get from New Brunswick (as does NH).