As a concerned American, we must look at what metals our solar panels contain. I typed in 'solar panels toxic metal,’ and found the IEEE, the professional electrical engineer site, on how we need to take a look.
Yes, converting sunlight to electricity is a miracle! At the same time, if the panels themselves have heavy metals we must take that into consideration. The life of a solar panel is twenty five years, meaning around the year 2040 we will begin to see a massive amount of the panels need to be recycled to remove these toxins.
I propose the solution of finding a suitable solar panel without toxic metals.