Solar panels & wind turbines are NOT renewable.
They're made from minerals, chemicals, & fossil fuels.
Is “Renewable Energy” Renewable?
Part 1: PV & Polysilicon
“All Words are Pegs to Hang Ideas On”
--Henry Ward Beecher
Labels are powerful. In energy, there is none more consequential than "renewable.” But straining to avoid carbon, we’ve swallowed a camel. A🧵/1