Let's actually do something useful for a change.

There is no "clean, carbon-free" technology. All modern technologies are dependent on the fossil fuels that make them possible. Solar modules and windmill generators are no exception. They're made from coal and oil, just like everything else. "Green Energy" is delusion, a costly distraction from the real problem. Billions of dollars subsidize these dirty industries, but energy use and pollution are still increasing. Understand why, and make better choices.

2019/09/27

Why do we burn coal and trees to make solar panels? Because that's how they're made.

Workman shovels coal and ore into a silicon smelter in China

Solar panels are made from coal, tar sands coke, burnt rainforest trees, and a lot of non-renewable energy from other fossil fuels and uranium. So why are they called a "clean, carbon free" energy source? Why is the solar industry receiving hundreds of billions of dollars in subsidies to produce a worthless technology that only increases non-renewable resource consumption and pollution?

In marketing terms, it's called "greenwashing."
In legal terms, it's called "fraudulent misrepresentation" or "deceptive advertising."
In plain English it's called "lying, for huge profits."

Read how solar panels are actually made from the ground (literally) up:
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/335083312_Why_do_we_burn_coal_and_trees_to_make_solar_panels

Let's actually do something useful for a change.

2019/09/27

Why do we burn coal and trees to make solar panels? Because that's how they're made.

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