“There she is, the old town dump,” sighed Polly. “Just think,” Electra added as a tear slipped down her cracked screen. “So many of our ancestors are all slowly decomposing here.” The Wayst family members - Polly Styrene-Wayst, Cole Ashe-Wayst, Sol Arre-Wayst, Electra Onick-Wayst, General Lon D’Fill-Wayst and others – had gathered for the holidays and to pay respects to their elders.
Later, (because everyone was whispering about it anyway) Gen. Lon D’Fill-Wayst felt he just had to acknowledge Sol’s surprisingly teeny size. So as the formal ceremonies concluded, he stood up, looked right at Sol and asked, “We’re all wondering; how do you do it? The rest of us are SO bloated! Yet you’re just a wisp of a thing!” “I’ll say!” Polly Styrene chirped in. “Look at me! It’s like I can’t help myself from slopping out over everything.” All the other forms of Wayst nodded in agreement.
Blushing with embarrassment, Sol’s shattered panels sparkled like a million diamonds as he thanked everyone. “Well you know,” he continued, “it should be no surprise that I’m so tiny compared to everyone else.”
Sol explained that, as a relatively new industry, it’s no wonder humans are concerned about the potential waste caused by solar energy generation. “However, folks sometimes forget that all energy generation and industrial production inevitably create waste materials. It’s sort of accepted in developed industries. But actually, compared to ya’ll, I’m just a little bit of a thing. For example, over the next several decades it’s estimated I’ll likely create less than 1% of the waste that cousin Cole Ashe and Gen. Lon will. And cousin Electra’s phones and screens and such will likely generate10 times more trash than me. So you see, I’m just a drop in the bucket.
“Also, some folks are concerned about a particular element, cadmium, that’s in some of my panels. But for the panel manufacturers that use it, cadmium is less than 1/1000th percent of the photo-voltaic material. And responsible manufacturers are finding ways to use a safer, relatively non-toxic form of cadmium.”
As the Wayst cousins departed for their dumpy homes, they each vowed to sharply reduce their growth. Because even these unkempt creatures don’t want a trashy planet. After all, it’s the only home we’ll ever know and where we’re all forever… Earthbound.
Later, (because everyone was whispering about it anyway) Gen. Lon D’Fill-Wayst felt he just had to acknowledge Sol’s surprisingly teeny size. So as the formal ceremonies concluded, he stood up, looked right at Sol and asked, “We’re all wondering; how do you do it? The rest of us are SO bloated! Yet you’re just a wisp of a thing!” “I’ll say!” Polly Styrene chirped in. “Look at me! It’s like I can’t help myself from slopping out over everything.” All the other forms of Wayst nodded in agreement.
Blushing with embarrassment, Sol’s shattered panels sparkled like a million diamonds as he thanked everyone. “Well you know,” he continued, “it should be no surprise that I’m so tiny compared to everyone else.”
Sol explained that, as a relatively new industry, it’s no wonder humans are concerned about the potential waste caused by solar energy generation. “However, folks sometimes forget that all energy generation and industrial production inevitably create waste materials. It’s sort of accepted in developed industries. But actually, compared to ya’ll, I’m just a little bit of a thing. For example, over the next several decades it’s estimated I’ll likely create less than 1% of the waste that cousin Cole Ashe and Gen. Lon will. And cousin Electra’s phones and screens and such will likely generate10 times more trash than me. So you see, I’m just a drop in the bucket.
“Also, some folks are concerned about a particular element, cadmium, that’s in some of my panels. But for the panel manufacturers that use it, cadmium is less than 1/1000th percent of the photo-voltaic material. And responsible manufacturers are finding ways to use a safer, relatively non-toxic form of cadmium.”
As the Wayst cousins departed for their dumpy homes, they each vowed to sharply reduce their growth. Because even these unkempt creatures don’t want a trashy planet. After all, it’s the only home we’ll ever know and where we’re all forever… Earthbound.
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