• lewis6991@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Solar panels aren’t truly renewable since they degrade over time and need to be replaced after around 20-30 years. Yes they can be recycled, but so can (and is) nuclear waste.

    Everything has a cost and you can’t escape entropy.

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      1 year ago

      This is true; nothing is sustainable at geological time scales. Human technological civilization even less so. Just look at how badly North Africa, the Middle East and China’s environment has been degraded through thousands of years of organic (!) farming. The Middle East used to have enormous cypress forests, and North Africa was full of wetlands where the Qattara Depression now resides.

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      1 year ago

      Let’s not forget about nuclear fusion, which will be way more efficient and have less waste if we can figure it out!!!😉