[usrn]

Solar panels are pretty hard on the environment and (in places with poor regulation) the people manufacturing them but once you've got them set up they're pretty fantastic (provided you don't accidentally smash them like I did my first system.) You have truly independent energy this way. Also there are consumer products like the jackery that make moving power easy for normal people so It's not hard to share with your neighbors when they need some extra too.

[chrisco255]

I'm not a fan of giant solar farms cut into forests, but if someone adds panels to their roof or yard seems like an easy enough way to cut energy demand in the sunbelt in particular.

[wumpus]

> I'm not a fan of giant solar farms cut into forests

What % of new solar farms are cut into forests? I can't think of a one, I'm sure there is one, but it's hard to imagine it's a high %.

[pfdietz]

Solar panels are not pretty hard on the environment.

[EricE]

Let's check back in five years and see how well recycling of them is going.

We are already having issues dealing with used wind turbine blades.

[pfdietz]

Even in the worst case of zero recycling none of those are hard on the environment.