Solar electric power production using direct conversion panals is one of the MOST polluting forms of energy generation. The production of those solar panals produces large amounts of heavy metal waste, and is presently done in third world countries to get around environmental laws. So, I guess if you poison another part of the world it is OK, as long as YOUR country has clean energy? And what is the impact of the disposal of those panals, at the end of their usefull life.


The TOTAL lifecycle has to be looked at, to compare sources of energy production.



BTW, a coal plant WILL release those radioactive residues, continuously , when operating normally. A nuclear plant only releases them when there is an accident.