THIS IS AN AWESOME OUTSIDE THE BOX DISCOVERY!!! It will greatly affect The Environmentally Friendly Industries, can anybody say Solar Panels?
I am so happy, though it is just a short term solution, need to stop needing them all together, referencing the solar panels replacing rare earth metals with peanut shells.
started reading your 1st link, which calls Indium & Gallium rare-earth elements:
“Rare earth materials like indium, gallium, and tellurium play a crucial role in solar panels.”
https://ptable.com/?lang=en#Properties
that 2-row section, at the bottom, THOSE are the rare-earth elements.
Indium & Gallium are in the main body, up above, so is tellurium.
Therefore that article is directly speaking disinformation, which only people who know, or check, the actual periodic-table, will catch.
2nd-link:
“However, a lack of rare earths does not mean that the components of solar modules are harmless. Thin-film PV technologies, for example, contain potentially critical metals such as tellurium, cadmium, indium and silver.”
Your links are backing me up, Hoomin…
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