The big package
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CDTe solar panels are extremely hazardous . They include cadmium gallium arsenide . GaAs solar panels have arsenic . Older panels usually have chromium coatings and the newer thinner panels have copper and selenium . Solar panels in general have 300 times more toxic waste per unit of energy then does a nuclear power plant . The general average life span of a solar panel is 5 to 7 years . If everyone goes to solar panels and they have to be changed after 5 to 7 years , you are going to have more dangerous chemicals like arsenic etc. seep into the ground which would create a much more of a dangerous situation than drilling for oil . Bottom line : solar panels are laced with dangerous toxic chemicals . Something that I have no interest in sticking on my roof as well as trying to figure out how to get rid of them without dangering the environment !!!