Re:The Rooftop Solar Industry Could Be on the Verge of Collapse
by namaria on Monday January 29, 2024 @07:09AM
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You summed it up pretty well. I struggle to understand the idea that increasing consumption will lessen the impact of previous consumption. If this is our only approach, extrapolation says we're doomed.
Several devices that took EUV machines(that cost hundreds of millions each) to etch login onto themselves - microchips on my laptop, phone etc.
A pipe constantly supplying flammable gas that was probably mined thousands of kilometers away just so that I can burn it and heat up my water for shower.
A very dangerous to the environment - refrigerant in both my fridge and heat pump.
A tank full of dinosaur juice in my car, which itself was machined and built with some exotic metals mined somewhere else in the world.
What difference is a few more kilograms of futuristic substance that can save energy for my house make?
I know hundreds or thousands of kilograms of LFP batteries in my backyard in feasible today. But who knows. Maybe we will find a way to mine Lithium or replace it with Sodium and the whole process would become “normal” like the metals in my 3 ton car.