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0 pointsorwin5y ago0 comments

> When one plant’s worth of solar panel waste is improperly discarded, does it ruin potable water supplies, airable land and the health of entire regions?

Well, crush 100 acre of solar panels, put them in a landfill near a river, and tell me if cadmium, lead and mercury taste good and have a good effect on the fauna around. I'm not talking about batteries here.

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S016041201...

https://goodelectronics.org/chinese-workers-demand-compensat...

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/6161498/

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ic0n0cl4st5y ago

If a truck full of solar panels crashes on the highway, that highway doesn’t become a superfund site. It doesn’t cost hundreds of millions to clean up, the local community doesn’t see a massive spike in cancer.

You cannot say the same about nuclear waste.

Nicksil5y ago

>If a truck full of solar panels crashes on the highway, that highway doesn’t become a superfund site. It doesn’t cost hundreds of millions to clean up, the local community doesn’t see a massive spike in cancer.

>You cannot say the same about nuclear waste.

Sure you can. Look-up transport casks.

timthorn5y ago

An account of the 1984 test: https://www.railmagazine.com/trains/heritage/it-s-a-lovely-d...

And the BBC Six O'clock News report: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yo22l4wJdx8

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lazide5y ago

When has that happened with nuclear waste again?

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