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Manufacturing a coal power plant also takes energy. Clearing the site for a coal power plant also takes energy. Same for the infrastructure. Did you ever ask t
by lucianbr 2y ago
Manufacturing a coal power plant also takes energy. Clearing the site for a coal power plant also takes energy. Same for the infrastructure.
Did you ever ask those questions for coal or gas or oil? Or is it only for solar panels that they seem suddenly relevant?
Seems like any small step towards cleaner power is a material improvement, if small. There's likely no single thing that can be done that will solve the issue in one fell swoop. Asking or hoping for that is ridiculous.
- AnthonyMouse 2y agoIt's even sillier than that because "energy costs to produce energy" is a cycle. Suppose it emits 80 tons of CO2 to produce a given amount of solar when 80% of the power to build the solar farm comes from coal. Okay, but now you have solar farms generating 15% of your energy, so the next one only takes 65 tons of CO2 for the same amount of solar. Pretty obvious what happens when you stop burning fossil fuels entirely.