• CentipedeFarrier@piefed.social
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    18 days ago

    Using something that still works as long as it doesn’t produce emissions…. Is actually the single best way to curb impact, yeah.

    Like literally the best use is long-term. If it still works and you can eek some power out of it rather than toss it, there’s no harm doing so.

    Assuming you can recycle it now, you can also recycle it down the line when it genuinely isn’t worth keeping anymore. Until then, if you’ve got space, might as well. Because recycling isn’t free, in energy, emissions, or labor.

    preserving lives and quality of life.

    ROFL what? Continuing to use old panels in addition to new ones harms lives and quality of life? Ridiculous.

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      18 days ago

      Limiting your power output may cause more fossils to be burned. You ain’t got permits or ability to put up solar everywhere. You act like infrastructure and land is free and then ridicule me.

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        Limiting power output cause more fossils to be burned…? What are you even on about? Nobody said use old panels instead of new ones for absolutely everything, yet your argument is based on that, best I can tell, pretty much entirely.

        You act like nobody can possibly have their own land and a use case for long-term low-power-draw use. That’s why it’s ridiculous.