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by socrates1998 1984 days ago
Yes, I didn't bring that up because I feel like Solar's manufacturing pollution isn't comparable to coal's ongoing and inherently massive pollution.

Coal pollutes both in destruction of the physical land (strip mining) and in ongoing pollution from huge amounts of carbon emissions.

Solar needs to be a responsible in how they get the materials (mining) and dispose of broken or outdated panels.

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When talking about coal pollution lets not forget toxic metals released into lakes and rivers, such as mercury and arsenic.
Or the lung cancer causing particle emissions.