"The life cycle emission intensity of solar solar photovoltaics is approximately 40 gC02/kWh."
- Zero CO2 emissions in the energy sector is therefore not currently possible in practice if we consider it globally and not just locally.
- If the EU were to buy these panels from #China then the emissions associated with the production and recycling of the panels would be shifted abroad and the EU would be seemingly "emission free" (but its territory is not under a glass lid).
- Although solar energy is significantly less carbon-intensive than coal or gas, it still produces carbon emissions.
- the key question is what the EU will pay for those imported solar panels with if, in time, the #BRIX countries reject the devaluing euro (devaluing for the very reason that the EU's economic problems are solved by issuing a new Euro, thus reducing its purchasing power)
- or will the EU manufacture the panels on its own territory? But from what, and how will it do it with zero emissions?
https://kubyenergy.ca/blog/the-positive-and-negative-environmental-impacts-of-solar-panels
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