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Old 10-07-2021, 05:20 PM
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Originally Posted by GrumpyOldMan View Post
I am an advocate and I don't want you to believe anything. Do what you want. The rest of the world is leaving the US in the dust, and all we can do is argue. Tesla and SpaceX are the ONLY American companies I see doing any innovation at this point.

So, please don't buy any solar panels if it makes you feel good.
Apparently it makes you feel good to ignore all the fossil fuels and pollution generated by it that is required to produce the silicon to make the solar panes.
Most of the electric power in Europe is generated by nuclear energy so if that is the dust we are behind, I agree, we haven't built a nuclear powered electric generation plant in years.
My brother-in-law is German and pointed out to me that Germans bought big time into the solar panel hype and windmill electric generation. Neither one has lived up to the grandiose promises of the hucksters selling the idea.