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New recycling method makes solar cells even more environmentally friendly (arstechnica.com)

submitted 5 months ago by Powderhorn to c/environment

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Pretty cool stuff.

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[–] Hirom 5 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

Renewables absolutely crush all types of fossil fuels when taking the whole life cycle into account. That mean accounting for manufacturing, use, disassembly and recycling.

See https://www.worldenergy.org/publications/entry/comparison-of-energy-systems-using-life-cycle-assessment

[–] sonori 3 points 5 months ago

Yes, obviously, but for some reason they don’t bring that up as much.