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[–]Vigte 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

I'm all for replacing the energy production technology - and it is both financially and materially inevitable - HOWEVER, there is a limiting factor no one often considers. Do you know the quantities of certain fairly rare elements required to make one solar panel - let alone hundreds of billions (which is how many standard sized panels we would need, at the very least).

Future looks good, but there are still hurdles.

[–]pcdoodle 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

True, we all do better if we accept the challenges of deployment. Energy reduction is the cheapest and most beneficial step in 2018.