• Womble@lemmy.worldOP
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    7 months ago

    Sure, I don’t think anyone discussing energy production in good faith would claim that coal is anything other than the absolute worst. It’s not exactly a huge achievement to say something is less bad than the most polluting method of energy generation in existence.

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        7 months ago

        Right, but that doesnt mean they’re perfect and their flaws shouldnt be discussed, if for no other reason than to ensure it doesnt become a bigger problem in the future.

        In addition to the waste problem the article also talks about the world supply of silver being exhausted in ~20 years if solar continues to expand at the expected 5-10x. That sounds like a problem, its probably fixable by shifting to new designs but it needs to be considered and work put into that in order to do so.