(10-13-2021, 01:35 AM)PaulP date Wrote:Renewable is a better word than clean. I'm not sure where "clean" comes from. It is actually renewable. No form of energy is clean, but some are certainly cleaner than others.Solar cells are the industrial waste of the next few decade, they aren't subject to recycling regulations and aren't compatible with most recycling anyway, on average they are unlikely to make it to the stated/rated design life, and disposing of them is not accounted for in the green equations. Renewable is a furphy, because it assumes the solar panels are everlasting, but they are the new asbestos of the 2030s and beyond! Renewable now, but later, not my problem, NIMBY!
FWIW, there are already warehouses around Sydney and Melbourne, filling up with failed, faulty or outdated solar panels waiting for someone to come up with a solution.
"Ruck, ruck, ruck, ruck ....... Ruck, ruck, ruck, ruck"