Comment on We should rename Solar to Patriot Power to make it palatable to the right
luckyhunter@lemmy.world 9 months ago
right winger here. We love off grid solar power. We don’t quite understand why the left loves the massive pollution aspect of it though. I thought you guys were anti pollution?
woobie@lemmy.world 9 months ago
You assert that “the left loves the massive pollution aspect of it” and expect someone to take you seriously? I hope you are trolling, because this statement isn’t very well thought out. My understanding of the majority leftist energy position is that renewables like solar are preferable to burning hydrocarbons because of a lower lifetime environmental footprint. Do you have a different understanding of how leftists think?
luckyhunter@lemmy.world 9 months ago
of course it’s a troll, but it’s true. Mining for material and manufacturing solar panels is incredibly dirty, and the massive water use to clean them all the time is not environmentally friendly.