The worst case of all renewable equipment being landfilled would be acceptable. Any recycling would just be icing on the cake.

Also, the materials going into renewable infrastructure powering society will be small compared to materials going into society as a whole. If recycling can be done on the latter, it could be done on the former. If it can't be done on the latter, the former wouldn't matter. And the recycling on general materials is a problem that comes up even in a nuclear-powered society.

If my optimistic math is right you need around a dozen solar pannels per person. If a third of energy is supposes to come from solar around a billion sollar pannels are needed. If you don't think longevity and recyclability matters on that scale, I think you should reconsider what "sustainable" means.

My point is that it's not an argument against renewables per se. If industrial society powered by nuclear (or unicorn farts) is sustainable, it implies recycling is either unnecessary or solvable.

I think environmental impact by producing billions of pannels of landfill is actually an argument against solar.

I am not against solar, by the way, but it is obviously an important consideration.

You are selective in your concern. Is industrial society as a whole ok? It will produce much more waste that needs recycling that solar/wind will. If it is ok, then why would solar/wind not be?

This smells of bad faith argumentation.

>You are selective in your concern.

No.

> It will produce much more waste that needs recycling that solar/wind will.

And that is bad.

> it is ok, then why would solar/wind not be?

Not at all the question. Two things can be bad at the same time.

So, you're objecting to industrial society itself? Ok, we're done here. Back to your cave.

Hopefully fossil fuel subsidy ends before green ones do, they are much more expensive.

Absolutely, use them for nuclear.

Nuclear already sees a massive amount of subsidies, it's not clear that more would move the needle in any useful way.

Where I live there are no subsidies for nuclear, as the country is far too developed for that technology and now relies on coal, together with some seasonal sun and wind.

Green subsidies can end when the mission is accomplished (saluting guy emoji)

How bad faith can you get?