riptides
Super Member
Renewable to me is the source, not the chain.
Some types of "Natural" gases are renewable.
Some types of "Natural" gases are renewable.
Renewable in this sense, has come to mean that as the earth rotates it creates a time period of darkness and a time period of daylight. So Solar power is new every morning, renewable! (inexhaustible)..People keep saying solar is renewable ?
Is everything used to build the panels and inverters renewable ?
I have no idea, just curious
Hopefully not within the timeframe of our species on planet earth.The sun isn't renewable. it is finite.
It's like toilet paper, it's renewable if you take the time to put every item properly in the recycle bin.People keep saying solar is renewable ?
Is everything used to build the panels and inverters renewable ?
I have no idea, just curious
People keep saying solar is renewable ?
Is everything used to build the panels and inverters renewable ?
I have no idea, just curious
Marcellus Shale and or Utica Shale gasWonder if the removal and recycling costs of solar panels is factored into the budgets for them if/when the government subsidizes them with taxpayer money?
Or is the cost of solar only budgeting land confiscation/purchase and installation of all the solar equipment imported from China?
At least a coal fired power plant could be repurposed for natural gas.
Renewable in this sense, has come to mean that as the earth rotates it creates a time period of darkness and a time period of daylight. So Solar power is new every morning, renewable! (inexhaustible)..
Firewood is also a renewable, as there are natural regrowth cylces of trees.
Is everything used to build the panels and inverters renewable ?
As with most manufactured products, they would be considered consumables.
For example, the first inverter I owned had a projected lifespan of 10 years (the warranty period). But failed at year 21.
First charge controller failed at 33 years.
Solar panels were replaced at year 38.
I have not had to replace the sun as a source of energy. But when it is needing replacement, I think that all bets are off for all of us. LOL!!![]()