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rwmj on Sept 22, 2015 | parent | context | favorite | on: Fukushima

Making solar panels produces no pollution whatsoever? Will redirecting 100$ trillion of world output to a big make-work project produce no side-effects or drop in development levels at all?

kenesom1 on Sept 22, 2015 [–]

Photovoltaic panels are not used in solar thermal plants.

The money is not diverted from other needs - it's spent on renewable infrastructure instead of non-renewable infrastructure.

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