Oh. Oh. Finally a discussion of the toxicology of solar cells is appearing in the scientific...

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2. that is funny, I had attended the view a while ago

and they gave me a free cup (I know, no big deal) s before I gave it away since I have tons of cups, I thought I would research it to see if it was microwavable, turns out it has cadmium in the paint. I put it in a closet - now I don't want to give it to someone and have them get sick. I don't want to trow it away and poison a land fill. what do I do?

See this refers to all the problems there are.
Coal the most poisonous of all fuels, Oil and gas global warming issues, Nuclear - they lie about the cost, the disposal of an old plant is very dangerous and costs multiple times the cost of construction but you will never read that. Wind kills birds/eagles and solar has toxic elements much like fluorescent lighting has poisonous stuff and has to be disposed of carefully. I am sure there are some poisons involves with LED lighting as well. Even Hydro electric has a down side.

I try and lead a regularly economical life, don't buy things jsut because the new ones are better (car is 10 years old and still running fine and economically but still walk places if I can.) Grow old deciduous oak trees to the south, fir trees to the north, protects house from winter wind, shades in the summer. No down side to that.