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Fiskifus t1_j5u81ib wrote

Reply to comment by CriticalUnit in Solar powered hydrogen facility being built in California by ForHidingSquirrels

I think it's better to get an economic and financial revolution rolling, because if not deploying those less harmful solutions will be as harmful in the long run.

Do you what's use to extract the materials, minerals and rare earth to build solar panels? Fossil fuels.

Do you know what's used to build and ensemble those solar panels? Fossil fuels.

Do you know what's used to ship solar panels around? Fossil fuels.

The more solar panel use, the more fossil fuel use, because you can't get the sort of energy needed for mines, factories, and transport from solar, wind and other "less harmful" options

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CriticalUnit t1_j5xrqcl wrote

> The more solar panel use, the more fossil fuel use,

Sure, currently most manufacturing and extraction runs on FF. But that Is also changing.

>deploying those less harmful solutions will be as harmful in the long run.

This is blatantly false.

More solar panel use means LESS Fossil fuel use vs not using the solar panels. Each electron produced by solar displaces electrons made from fossil fuels. How are you not understanding this? It's a transition process. It doesn't happen from one day to the next. The transition will take decades.

>I think it's better to get an economic and financial revolution rolling,

Sure, lets see your plan for that. I'm interested how you expect to do that.

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