(c) 2022 by Barton Paul Levenson
AGW deniers have been so thoroughly creamed when they tried to deny the science, they're trying new tactics. No one in his right mind can deny that the Earth is warming these days, or that the warming is causing all kinds of damage. So the deniers have switched tactics--now they insult and lie about renewable energy, hoping to preserve, at all costs, their precious fossil fuels.
Their chief line is that anyone for renewable energy is a hypocrite because renewable energy is terribly, terribly damaging to the environment. Solar panels are toxic! (Never mind that solar panels are something like 99% glass). Wind turbines can't be recycled! (Recycling is already going on, and growing.) Electric vehicle batteries are toxic and can't be recycled! (They are toxic, but they can be and are being recycled.) The mining! The slave labor in Africa!
Of course, they never bring up a crucial point: When was the last time you heard about a coal-fired power plant being recycled? Or an oil refinery? Or a car? Have you ever seen a junkyard piled high with rusting car bodies? I have. Do solar panels cause oil spills? Do wind turbines require vast strip mines to get at coal seams? Do electric vehicle batteries leave soil contaminated by dioxins?
Anyway, here are some web sites that talk about recycling renewable energy components, and the environmental footprint of the whole thing.
Company Expands Wind Turbine Recycling
New Wind Turbine Recycling Firm
Turbine Blades Used to Make Cement
Biggest US Panel Maker Leads in Recycling
Where to Take Your Solar Panels to Recycle Them
Turns out fossil fuels require 16 times as much as renewables. Who'da thunk it?
| Page created: | 11/29/2022 |
| Last modified: | 11/29/2022 |
| Author: | BPL |