Solar panels require mining and non-renewable materials to make
All human activity has an impact, replacing fossil fuels by solar is extremely positive
and are economically non-recyclable
Their lifespan is 30+ years easily. Recycling may very well become economically feasible once we start generating millions of tons of solar panel residue, large scale operation is a huge aspect of profitability
Recycling may very well become economically feasible once we start generating millions of tons of solar panel residue, large scale operation is a huge aspect of profitability
Scale is irrelevant. The cost to break down and recover materials from a solar panel and then recycle it to be able to make it into a new panel is higher than it costs to just buy a new panel, and this is never going to change - especially as the price of cheap chinese-made solar panels keeps decreasing.
That would be all solar panels. China manufactures 95% of the solar photovoltaic power in the planet, you can thank socialism for providing an alternative to fossil fuels
All human activity has an impact, replacing fossil fuels by solar is extremely positive
Their lifespan is 30+ years easily. Recycling may very well become economically feasible once we start generating millions of tons of solar panel residue, large scale operation is a huge aspect of profitability
Scale is irrelevant. The cost to break down and recover materials from a solar panel and then recycle it to be able to make it into a new panel is higher than it costs to just buy a new panel, and this is never going to change - especially as the price of cheap chinese-made solar panels keeps decreasing.
Famously, economy of scale isn’t a thing /s
That would be all solar panels. China manufactures 95% of the solar photovoltaic power in the planet, you can thank socialism for providing an alternative to fossil fuels