gerrymcgovern, 15 days ago It takes lots of coal and charcoal to make silicon For every 50,000 tons of silicon, there’s 500,000 tons of CO2 produced. If used in a solar panel, the silicon should produce four times as much energy as it took to make it. “It’s Like Working In A Volcano”: How Silicon Is Made | Extreme Jobs, ABC Australia, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5eVsQSn_EWc Silicon is not green and certainly not clean. Nor is it renewable. We must use it wisely.
It takes lots of coal and charcoal to make silicon
For every 50,000 tons of silicon, there’s 500,000 tons of CO2 produced. If used in a solar panel, the silicon should produce four times as much energy as it took to make it.
“It’s Like Working In A Volcano”: How Silicon Is Made | Extreme Jobs, ABC Australia, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5eVsQSn_EWc
Silicon is not green and certainly not clean. Nor is it renewable. We must use it wisely.
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