If we have invested the same amount of money to make reliable, safe nuclear power plants that take up fraction of the space "rewnewables" use the world would be a better place.
Btw. there is nothing really renewable in solar planels and wind mills.
"When wind turbine blades reach the end of their 20-to-25-year service lives, they usually end up in landfills."
Hazardous waste testing on solar panels in the marketplace has indicated that different varieties of solar panels have different metals present in the semiconductor and solder. Some of these metals, like lead and cadmium, are harmful to human health and the environment at high levels. If these metals are present in high enough quantities in the solar panels, solar panel waste could be a hazardous waste under RCRA. Some solar panels are considered hazardous waste, and some are not, even within the same model and manufacturer. Homeowners with solar panels on their houses should contact their state/local recycling agencies for more information on disposal/recycling."
Not entirely disagreeing with your key point, but that's not what "renewable" means to me.
Renewable is about fuel, not generator.
If gas station turbine is compared to solar panel and windmill blade, then natural gas and underground oil are compared to sunlight and wind.
Underground oil and gas are limited resources baked many many millions of years ago, pretty much over similar timescales.
Wind and sunlight,for the purpose of this discussion, are self renewing - we will not run out of them.
Your discussion is more on how ecological the actual generators are, and that's a fair discussion to have, but comparison is not a wind mill blade and a car, it's windmill blade and solar panel to nuclear reactors and gas power plants.
Solar panels are highly recyclable after their extremely long life. Certainly no worse than oil, even if left alone (which won't happen, sincethey contain valuable materials).
Turbine blades are mostly fiberglass, which is about as neutral of a material as you can get. They are buried in a landfill (worstcase) after producing tremendous amounts of energy. New designs are lasting longer and being made recyclable, since so many people have this sticking point (even though no fuel oil is recyclable)
Btw. there is nothing really renewable in solar planels and wind mills.
"When wind turbine blades reach the end of their 20-to-25-year service lives, they usually end up in landfills."
https://cen.acs.org/environment/recycling/companies-recycle-...
"Are Solar Panels Hazardous Waste?
Hazardous waste testing on solar panels in the marketplace has indicated that different varieties of solar panels have different metals present in the semiconductor and solder. Some of these metals, like lead and cadmium, are harmful to human health and the environment at high levels. If these metals are present in high enough quantities in the solar panels, solar panel waste could be a hazardous waste under RCRA. Some solar panels are considered hazardous waste, and some are not, even within the same model and manufacturer. Homeowners with solar panels on their houses should contact their state/local recycling agencies for more information on disposal/recycling."
https://www.epa.gov/hw/end-life-solar-panels-regulations-and...