They talk about reducing carbon, but they use a furnace to melt the silicon. Real green there. What happens to the solar panels when they are no longer usable??
Yours is a very valid point, no to mention foul vapours generated from the "newest" and exotic methods for solar panel making. But well, cleanest energy is nuclear, and with current handling chances of another Chernobyl are really small. But plants are still shutdown in favor of carbon burning. Investment in fusión is small, and solar is already working, once there is no carbon or oil, solar Will be used and focused regardless, so better to improve on the methods before that point comes
And.. I’m sure the output of these panels over 25 years.. would offset any carbon released during manufacture. Agree with previous post.. electric furnace use is most common.
Yes, arc furnaces are commonly used. There's a significant distinction between simply generating energy with fossil fuels for one-time use, and using that energy to create products that will generate more green or clean energy. This approach greatly reduces the carbon footprint of these products. Currently, we are in a transitional phase where we still depend on carbon-emitting energy sources to manufacture products that are carbon-neutral or carbon-negative.
Good video
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Excellent video. I am the head of legal for one of the big six PV companies and I watch this video to learn about our products
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They talk about reducing carbon, but they use a furnace to melt the silicon. Real green there. What happens to the solar panels when they are no longer usable??
Yours is a very valid point, no to mention foul vapours generated from the "newest" and exotic methods for solar panel making. But well, cleanest energy is nuclear, and with current handling chances of another Chernobyl are really small. But plants are still shutdown in favor of carbon burning. Investment in fusión is small, and solar is already working, once there is no carbon or oil, solar Will be used and focused regardless, so better to improve on the methods before that point comes
And.. I’m sure the output of these panels over 25 years.. would offset any carbon released during manufacture. Agree with previous post.. electric furnace use is most common.
Yes, arc furnaces are commonly used. There's a significant distinction between simply generating energy with fossil fuels for one-time use, and using that energy to create products that will generate more green or clean energy. This approach greatly reduces the carbon footprint of these products. Currently, we are in a transitional phase where we still depend on carbon-emitting energy sources to manufacture products that are carbon-neutral or carbon-negative.
Can I post this video on tik tok please?
sure i you link back to this video.
@@HowItsManufactured I didn't post it anymore. I asked because the idea came up at first. Now it's normal