crash_course, 1 month ago @FantasticalEconomics Unfortunately "green" energy isn't that green as we hope it would be. Have a look at this for example: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/335083312_Why_do_we_burn_coal_and_trees_to_make_solar_panels An inherent part of the production of #SolarPanels is the use of #COAL (and other sources of Carbon, like woodchips) to reduce the source material (Silicon Oxide) into pure Silicon, thereby emitting, you guessed it right, huge amounts of #CO2 ! According to this chemical formula: Si02 + 2C => Si + 2CO #GreenEnergy #fossilfuels #PV #EnergyTransistion
@FantasticalEconomics Unfortunately "green" energy isn't that green as we hope it would be.
Have a look at this for example:
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/335083312_Why_do_we_burn_coal_and_trees_to_make_solar_panels
An inherent part of the production of #SolarPanels is the use of #COAL (and other sources of Carbon, like woodchips) to reduce the source material (Silicon Oxide) into pure Silicon, thereby emitting, you guessed it right, huge amounts of #CO2 !
According to this chemical formula:
Si02 + 2C => Si + 2CO
#GreenEnergy #fossilfuels #PV #EnergyTransistion