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Re:Why is solar more expensive in the U.S. than in other cou... by gdurham on Monday August 15, 2022 @11:53AM (#32471261)
On one hand I agree, on another, I worry about the amount of waste that this creates. We are trading pollution from other centralized energy sources for millions of homes with N solar panels which will have to possibly be removed and replaced in 5-7 years. It’s the same as the waste that is created by purchasing appliances these days that basically are unrepairable and thrown away and replaced.

Given a 7 year life, you are effectively creating 4x the waste as a quality system. Multiply that by millions of homes and I don’t see how the trade off is worth it.

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