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People forget that solar panels don't grow on the trees, battery packs especially have very large footprint and their manufacturing is resource intensive.
by artificialprint 2y ago
People forget that solar panels don't grow on the trees, battery packs especially have very large footprint and their manufacturing is resource intensive.
- m3kw9 2y agoThey should use potato’s as electricity source, they just need a couple hundred tone, as potato sort of grows on trees
- ximeng 2y agoFrom the article: Solar panels and batteries depend on a global supply chain and take their own toll on the environment, but the life cycle emission of solar is ~40 gCO2/kWh, 25x lower than coal's 1,000 gCO2/kWh. And buying solar fuels innovation—such as alternatives to lithium-ion batteries now on the horizon.
- artificialprint 2y agoNuclear power has a minimal carbon footprint of around 15–50 grams of CO2 per kilowatt hour (gCO2/KWh). If you want to be a real hippy
- shadowpho 2y agoEverything is relative though. Bikes also don’t grow on trees but they are several orders of magnitude more green then cars.