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Solar and wind are not "renewable" in the same way plastic recycling "works". The total LiveCycle of wind and solar arguably cause more pollution from the mater
by normalaccess 1y ago
Solar and wind are not "renewable" in the same way plastic recycling "works". The total LiveCycle of wind and solar arguably cause more pollution from the materials used. you can't recycle wind and solar when they are done. The generator itself is the waste produced from the process.
Not only that Solar changes the local climate because they absorbed and radiate heat as well as taking vast amounts of land that is stripped of life. Wind drives whales insane on the coast and kills massive amounts of birds.
If we can crack fusion then the only fuels used are helium and such. Much cleaner and they work at night and whin the air is still.
- tootie 1y agoThe environmental impacts of wind and solar are nonzero but absolutely miniscule compared to fossil fuel extraction. Base load is a concern but not unsolvable especially as scaling batteries becomes easier. Most importantly, solar + battery is already deployed at scale and is now the cheapest to install and operate in the real world. We are also close to being able to scale geothermal as renewable base load. Fusion is great but it's still years away at least from a single viable commercial reactor. We need solutions to be deployed ten years ago. Waiting for Godot isn't an option.