People like the idea of solar farms in the abstract, but hundreds of communities around the world are currently fighting them because they require 300-600x more land than other energy sources, produce 300x more toxic waste, and devastate critical wildlife habitats.

Many rich nations dump used solar panels and batteries on poor African nationshttps://t.co/CEsQcJP3xA

— Michael Shellenberger (@ShellenbergerMD) October 16, 2022

By 2035 there will be 3x more used solar panels than new ones, which will make them 4x more expensive.
"The economics of solar," wrote Harvard Business Review researchers, "would darken quickly as the industry sinks under the weight of its own trash."https://t.co/sx06lNTaxj

— Michael Shellenberger (@ShellenbergerMD) October 16, 2022