Environment & Energy

It sounds like there are some good reasons to be wary of the use of perovskites in solar panels. And I do believe nuclear energy is a necessary component of a “clean” energy future. However, there are plenty of concerns with nuclear as well, and it’s important that we get off fossil fuels asap, even if it means kicking a lead can down the road for a decade or two.


(On that last comment, what I mean is that perovskite panel manufacturing and recycling is and will be for some time a minuscule problem when compared to the gargantuan environmental catastrophe of fossil fuels. Further, new panels created today will not be recycled for years, meaning half of the problem will be put off until we - hopefully - have a better solution to recycling them cleanly. And if not, it’s at least somewhat likely they’ll be obsolete technology and not recycled anyway.)