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Cake day: July 7th, 2023

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  • As I already stated, yes, they are better than say, a coal burning power plant. I’m not saying otherwise. But I’m pointing out that solar panels and electronics in general still require many polluting and non-renewable resources and processes to create. And solar panels wear out eventually, like everything else. So yes, you’re burning less fuel, but it’s not “zero emission” or “sustainable” (currently) for their production or their eventual replacement. I’m just annoyed by the way these technologies get pushed as an almost magical alternative to fossil fuels when fossil fuels and chemicals are still required to make them.


  • It’s not propaganda, it’s an unfortunate fact of almost all industrial processes that they require oil based products at one stage or another. I don’t like it either but until/if these technologies can rely on renewable alternatives for such processes, they’re not really green or renewable, and neither are the electronics that they power. Everyone seems to conveniently forget this. If you want true green technology and renewable energy, you’re going to need to give up industry altogether. Which we’ll probably end up doing when the coming climate catastrophe forces us all back to the stone age.