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Old 09-13-2018, 01:39 PM   #46 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by oil pan 4 View Post
First off about 70% of Chinese electricity is generated by coal and solar cell and solar panel production is an energy intensive process. Plus think of all the metals that go into solar panels, aluminum, copper, silver, the glass and all the rare earth stuff.
They don't just miracle them selves into existence with out any pollution or destruction.

If solar power is so cheap then why does china use mostly coal power to make panels that they sell to other countries?
"If solar was cheaper than coal" why don't they just use solar power for every thing since they make 70 or 80% of the world's solar panels?
What rare earth stuff is used in solar panels?

China is building more renewable energy systems than the US and Europe PUT TOGETHER.
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