Do I report what I've learned about solar PVs--or live with it, privately?

Citizens for Responsible Solar: Click Here

Documentaries: Jeff Gibbs and Michael Moore's "Planet of the Humans;" Julia Barnes' "Bright Green Lies;" and Jean-Louis Perez and Guillaume Pitron's "The Price of Green Energy."

For a Virginia commission's conditions for a solar facility (with no battery storage), see their model ordinance at: https://tinyurl.com/5n7ucrn8

Jensen, Derrick, Lierre Keith and Max Wilbert, Bright Green Lies: How the Environmental Movement Lost Its Way and What We Can Do About It, Monkfish, 2021.

Kisela, Rachel, "California went big on rooftop solar. Now that's a problem for landfills," LA Times, July 14, 2022. Click Here

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Owen, David, The Conundrum: How Scientific Innovation, Increased Efficiency, and Good Intentions Can Make Our Energy and Climate Problems Worse, Riverhead, 2011.

Rehbein, Jose A., et al., "Renewable energy development threatens many globally important biodiversity areas," Global Change Biology, 4 March, 2020.

Smith, Olivia, "The dark side of the sun: avoiding conflict over solar energy's land and water demands," New Security Beat, 10.2.18. Click Here

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Katie Singer writes about the energy, extractions, toxic waste and greenhouse gases involved in manufacturing computers, telecom infrastructure, electric vehicles and other electronic technologies. She believes that if she's not aware that she's part of the problem, then she can't be part of the solution. She dreams that every smartphone user learns about the supply chain of one substance (of 1000+) in a smartphone. Her most recent book is An Electronic Silent Spring. She currently writes about nature, democracy and technology for Meer.com. Visit www.OurWeb.tech and www.ElectronicSilentSpring.com.

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