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[–] red_giant@hexbear.net 12 points 19 hours ago* (last edited 19 hours ago) (1 children)

Hey I’m about to blow your mind: coal comes out of the fucking ground, often requiring mining!, and it can’t be recycled

[–] FreedomAdvocate@lemmy.net.au 2 points 19 hours ago (2 children)

No shit. Coal works at night though.

[–] red_giant@hexbear.net 11 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago) (1 children)

Why did you make an inane comment about how solar panels aren’t recyclable and need to be mined then?

It’s not a point worth making because the lifetime emissions of solar are insanely lower than coal, negligible in comparison.

Yet you said solar panels aren’t recyclable and require mining so what were you trying to say? What did you mean by that?

[–] FreedomAdvocate@lemmy.net.au 1 points 2 hours ago

Why did you make an inane comment about how solar panels aren’t recyclable and need to be mined then?

Because the person I replied to said this:

besides being extremely clean

[–] egg1918@hexbear.net 16 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

Australia yet to discover batteries

[–] FreedomAdvocate@lemmy.net.au 1 points 2 hours ago

Show me a country running off grid scale batteries. Then out of those 0 countries, show me one that's as big as Australia.