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Kevin writes:
same with electrical solar power it takes more power to create a solar
panel than the panel will produce in its entire life

There was also a world shortage of the grade of silicon needed
for their manufacture.

It's probably more responsible to encourage their use nearer the
equator than here, where power distribution is much less developed,
what other power generation there is is relatively more poluting,
and the panels operate more efficiently.

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Andrew Gabriel
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