Re:Wind turbines are friendlier to birds than oil-and-gas dr...
by ajmurmann on Friday January 12, 2024 @06:18PM
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I thought 1 was potentially legit depending on how they are manufactured and where they'll need deployed. I understand that 80% of solar cells are produced in China which still gets most of its energy from coal so there is a huge carbon footprint. If you now deploy those in a place that doesn't get much sun, like Germany, the equation isn't great. I'm no expert on this though and am mostly parroting Peter Zeihan on this.
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Re:Wind turbines are friendlier to birds than oil-and-gas dr...
by Snafuh on Saturday January 13, 2024 @06:40AM
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Even Chinese panels in Canada have a energy payback of less than 2 years
PDF link to a study comparing different installation countries: https://www.ise.fraunhofer.de/content/dam/ise/de/documents/p...