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		philipkglass on Nov 1, 2016 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: No One Saw Tesla’s Solar Roof Coming Yes. Hit up Google Scholar with "life cycle", "co2", and "photovoltaic" as terms if you want to understand in more detail. This report looks pretty good if you want just one document: https://www.nachhaltigwirtschaften.at/resources/iea_pdf/repo... It's from the International Energy Agency and it is recent (which is important, because commercial PV technology is evolving rapidly).

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