Well, we'll never run out of fuel, but its price will rise and I think the solution is solar. Germany has made some pretty impressive policies to get solar panels on their rooftops. This means that space is not being used up, and the panels are close to where they need to send the energy. Overtime these only pay for themselves. Of course, this is full of other benefits, such as independency, clean air, etc.
There is a phrase ascribed to St Augustine and Stalin: “In a besieged citadel, all dissidence is treason”. Thus my counter-argument: “To survive, institutions must behave as besieged citadels”.
But solar panels aren't so good either. We did LCAs (Life Cycle Assessments) on them at school, and they are actually made of some pretty toxic materials.
Ubi caritas est vera, Deus ibi est.
"The mark of your ignorance is the depth of your belief in injustice and tragedy. What the caterpillar calls the end of the world, the Master calls the butterfly." ~ Richard Bach
That's actually kinda funny, Snoinkus, considering I live super close to that school and my apartment complex is absolutely covered in solar panels. =/
Well, I wouldn't worry too much about that! Mainly, the concerns that we were looking at were the effects of mining these chemicals out... and it's really not good for the environment at all. There's research going on at our school that are trying to find carbon-based solar panels, but so far our studies on organic material indicate they're not really good at doing that, unfortunately.
Ubi caritas est vera, Deus ibi est.
"The mark of your ignorance is the depth of your belief in injustice and tragedy. What the caterpillar calls the end of the world, the Master calls the butterfly." ~ Richard Bach
What's the chemical in concern? The technology can vary widely.
There is a phrase ascribed to St Augustine and Stalin: “In a besieged citadel, all dissidence is treason”. Thus my counter-argument: “To survive, institutions must behave as besieged citadels”.
Silicon, Gallium Arsenide, Copper Indium Diselenide, and Cadmium Telluride are a couple of chemicals used. Not all of the chemicals are bad (though the ones that are bad are REALLY bad), but the mining takes its toll on the environment because of the rarity of them.
Ubi caritas est vera, Deus ibi est.
"The mark of your ignorance is the depth of your belief in injustice and tragedy. What the caterpillar calls the end of the world, the Master calls the butterfly." ~ Richard Bach
We did LCAs (Life Cycle Assessments) on them at school, and they are actually made of some pretty toxic materials.
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