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Looming Solar Panel Waste Tsunami Reveals Dark Side of Renewables: Expert

Looming Solar Panel Waste Tsunami Reveals Dark Side of Renewables: Expert
Workers install solar panels on the roof of a home in San Francisco, Calif., on May 9, 2018. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images
Tom Ozimek
Tom Ozimek
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7/6/2021|Updated: 7/6/2021
Environmental policy expert Michael Shellenberger told NTD’s “The Nation Speaks” that the economics of solar panel production, deployment, and recycling shows that the technology has a “toxic” and “dangerous” dimension while its advocacy is driven by ideological leanings, rather than sound science.

“We’ve been in a sort of hypnotic trance,” Shellenberger said, referring to what he characterized as the misguided belief that solar power is an environmentally-friendly alternative to traditional forms of power generation like nuclear.

Tom Ozimek
Tom Ozimek
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Tom Ozimek is a senior reporter for The Epoch Times. He has a broad background in journalism, deposit insurance, marketing and communications, and adult education.
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