Renewable Energy Paradox: Solar Panels and Their Toxic Waste

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Cradle-to-grave solar panels are not as 'green' as we are led to believe. 🧐 engineering

With the best will in the world, the pipework, pumps, and other ancillary equipment used to contain these liquids cannot last forever and are prone to rupture over time.

Most solar panels tend to have a useable life of around 25 years, or so. Once their useful lifetime has elapsed, panels will need to be decommissioned, removed, and replaced with new panels . Source: While most electronics can be recycled relatively safely, the toxic contents of solar panels are going to become a real problem if no reliable method of safely decommissioning old panels is found. If not, most of these panels, as today, may simply end up in the landfill.

Some methods for recycling do exist which are also supported by some regulatory frameworks requiring solar panels to be recycled, rather than just chucked away. However, existing methods are not the most environmentally friendly way of dealing with them.

 

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The world must be informed. The pollution generated by ALL of the so-called “green” elements of energy is much greater than many others. Nuclear power is the cleanest and the new fusion technology produces no nuclear waste. The cheapest and most reliable energy.

Which Anti-[any progress that might affect our $$$$] - lobbying ‘research’ group persuaded you to post this ? 🤷‍♂️

Bad article, on an interesting topic, developed poorly.

Do they wear out?

Nadie dijo que fueran “verdes” , nada más ver su proceso de producción, su huella de carbón. Y su eficiencia de generación.

The world will have to find more about alternatve energy

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