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Oh yeah, for sure. I'm all for more solar. I just hope the scientists continue their research and figure out a way to make the panels without quite so much lead. Or at least make sure the lead can't leech back into the environment.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perovskite_solar_cell
Funnily enough, I just recently saw a video about Perovskite solar panels: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=w2r9_0NxTW8
First time learning about them, but they do seemingly like a great solution once they come into maturity over the next decade. At that point, we could be at only needing ~6% of the Outback to power the world!