Unfounded concerns about photovoltaic toxicity and waste slowing decarbonization

Re:Unfounded concerns about photovoltaic toxicity and waste ... by theK on Tuesday October 17, 2023 @05:36AM (#37912535)

I have a pet theory about that. The theory is that it is not the facts or the topic of Eco-Things.

I think generally we are at a point where it is too easy for normal people to be against things and eco friendly things are just the lowest hanging fruit. Normal people nowadays are much more stressed with the world at large, overstimulated by doomscrolling all night, obesse or unhealthy, locked in some financial treadmill, etc, etc...

In such a situation it is easy to see a wind farm next door as an attack on your landscape or the needs of EV mobility as overly complicated and so on and so on.

So its not the facts that matter, it is the lives of the 80% of the population that have just taken a dive for the worst over the last 20 years.

EDIT: preface

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Re:Unfounded concerns about photovoltaic toxicity and waste ... by myspy on Tuesday October 17, 2023 @07:08AM (#37913178)

Hence why the gap between the poor and the richest people must be closed. Take the money from the billionaires and use it to rebuild the middle class and lift up the lower class.

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Re:Unfounded concerns about photovoltaic toxicity and waste ... by okr on Tuesday October 17, 2023 @09:14AM (#37914464)

It is easy to judge other people, why they have a nimby opinion. Show me your property, if it has windmills or photovoltaic on them. Then it would be an intellectually honest conversation.

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Re:Unfounded concerns about photovoltaic toxicity and waste ... by itishappy on Tuesday October 17, 2023 @10:25AM (#37915612)

That sounds hypocritical. If you're against wind and solar on some principle, I'd hope you apply that to your own life, not just others.

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