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Originally Posted by Donnie B.
A few decades ago, it cost almost as much energy to build the panels as they produced over their lifetime. Now with improved materials and production techniques, it requires only 2% to 11% of their eventual energy output to make them. In other words, PVs now make very good sense from a carbon-emissions standpoint.
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Excellent point - well represenented.
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I wonder what the comparison would be between the carbon savings of the PV panels vs. the carbon sequestration of the trees being removed. I'll bet the solar panels win hands down. (Of course, trees have value beyond being mere carbon sinks. I'll bet one big reason they were planted was as a privacy screen. Then there are issues of aesthetics, wildlife habitat, shade, wind break, and suchlike.)
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I think if every home roof were covered in PV panels we'd probably have solved the "energy crisis" long ago.
We're really not all that smart, are we?de413.6
The last seven characters are evidence of the stack of DVDs falling on me, so not, I guess we're really not that smart!
By the way: Ouch.
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