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Re:Unfounded concerns about photovoltaic toxicity and waste ... by orwell_bruh on Tuesday October 17, 2023 @05:46AM (#37912613)
If I did see CO2 as a problem I'd still be against wind and solar and all the other harebrained schemes that are mathematically proven to be unable to even make a dent in climate change. However, they are guranteed to lower our standard of living substantially.

And a prediction that you'll be able to observe in the coming decades: a lot of those "minor" and "invented" concerns will be front and center once we all have EVs and solar in order to nudge us onto the next thousands of dollars spending or to tax us or simply to keep the eco spirituality of "humans bad" alive.

Technological solutions simply aren't wanted by "your" side and so, eventually, all technology will be attacked just as fossil fuel based ones are now.

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Re:Unfounded concerns about photovoltaic toxicity and waste ... by svnt on Tuesday October 17, 2023 @05:51AM (#37912647)
Let it out. Let the last pieces of your clinging to an identity in crude oil products fall away.

Gaia still loves you. Hydrocarbon technology never cared in the first place. No one blames you for being deceived.

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Re:Unfounded concerns about photovoltaic toxicity and waste ... by orwell_bruh on Tuesday October 17, 2023 @06:06AM (#37912756)
Yes, I identify as someone with reliable heating and power who eats real food, has many children and like to go on vacation from time to time.

Btw, it's not me being deceived but eventually you'll figure that out, I am sure.

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Re:Unfounded concerns about photovoltaic toxicity and waste ... by svnt on Tuesday October 17, 2023 @11:39AM (#37916836)
> Yes, I identify as someone with reliable heating and power who eats real food, has many children and like to go on vacation from time to time.

Is this false dichotomy you’ve communicated something you’ve cultivated because you are afraid of what would happen without these things, or because without consideration for other viewpoints you chose to value your comfort and tiny world-view over a clearer understanding of reality?

Having written it out, there is no need for you to respond, really. It is just fear either way.

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