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Solar is not the most efficient means of producing electricity, so why should that be the goal? The cost in energy of manufacturing today's cells means the cell
by ivankirigin 19y ago
Solar is not the most efficient means of producing electricity, so why should that be the goal? The cost in energy of manufacturing today's cells means the cells need to generate electricity for 20 years before they return their energy investment.
- dcurtis 19y agoYou're forgetting that by using solar power, you're not using fossil fuels anymore. You save an extremely large amount of environmental damage even though the process of producing solar cells might not be very efficient today.