11-24-2017, 03:36 PM
While there are no global warming emissions associated with generating electricity
And if manufacturing solar products creates hazardous byproducts, they can be contained locally in the area where they're mined or manufactured.
Burning fuel oil, and especially coal for electricity releases toxins and heavy metals into the air to fall on land and across oceans. Where do you think all the mercury in fish comes from? It's not their dental fillings, it's from coal emissions falling into the ocean.
“Facts fall from the poetic observer as ripe seeds.” -Henry Thoreau
And if manufacturing solar products creates hazardous byproducts, they can be contained locally in the area where they're mined or manufactured.
Burning fuel oil, and especially coal for electricity releases toxins and heavy metals into the air to fall on land and across oceans. Where do you think all the mercury in fish comes from? It's not their dental fillings, it's from coal emissions falling into the ocean.
“Facts fall from the poetic observer as ripe seeds.” -Henry Thoreau
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