I’m a cynic. Is solar a good idea? What impact do those panels have on the environment? What is their longevity? What good are they in a spell without much available sunshine? What to do with chemicals and materials when they wear out? If solar were so terrific, why would it still need subsidies, after decades of use? Same questions with windmills. If they were so terrific, corporate interests wouldn’t need government involvement to prop up these industries.
They will cost a lot of slave labor mining the rare earth needed to manufacture the panels;
They will kill birds and bats by the millions each year;
They will increase the number of insects in their countries normally eaten by the birds and bats;
They cannot generate power on demand; their power cannot be stored;
They can only operate under certain wether conditions;
They are hugely unprofitable;
They are politically correct, therefore they are environmentally friendly and automatically ‘green’.
Oh, from what I’ve read, the production of the panels causes YUGE amounts of toxic tailings/residue/material.