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Silicon is far from non-toxic to produce (requires insane amount of heat and chemicals to be purified) and dispose.


Could you list some of these chemicals? A quick google search only came up with pretty benign standard industrial chemicals. Disposal is a complete non-issue since the cells are inert and non-toxic (though recycling probably makes more sense than dumping them somewhere).


All these factors are reflected in the price and yet ordinary silicon PV panels are still dominating the market.


Environmental, social and ecological issues are externals and are basically never included in the price.




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