8 June

Those who oppose renewable energy say that there will be an enormous amount of waste from used solar panels. Of course they never tell you any numbers (they don't know any, it's just a slogan). So here they are. Column 1 and 2 are annual amounts of solar panel waste per person between now and 2050, to meet our net zero targets. (You'll have to squint, and you still won't see it.) Column 3 is the annual amount of solar panel waste per person (in kg) in Oz, at the 2050 net zero target. Column 4 is the kilograms of all waste per person the average Australian produces annually, right now. Column 5 is the number of kg of carbon waste each Australian produces every year, right now. I think it's all pretty obvious, but do say if the anti-renewables slogans are still persuasive. Columns 1-3 will of course also make column 5 more or less disappear.