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Valid point, but solar got much cheaper to make in the last 10 years and production capacity has increased a lot. Even recycling broken solar panels is fairly economical, because the components are so easy to melt down and separate out. So yes, we're currently gaining solar capacity a lot because we haven't hit the phase of upkeep and replacement yet, but we can go a lot higher before upkeep becomes an actual problem.