GammaJK

Where do you get your solar panels from? Do you verify that the materials they're made from aren't sourced from places in the world that do a terrible job of protecting the environment (ie dumping the by-products from solar panel production into rivers, etc)?

Not sure, but there should be. To me, it is hard to justify the use of solar panels as a viable, environmentally friendly alternative when the process of making them is just as bad as everything else. I'm all for strong alternative energy where it's useful, but this is a problem that advocates for solar energy are simply ignoring and it won't be taken seriously until it's addressed (in my opinion).