What to consider...
Mining of the aluminum frames, processing the ore, extruding the aluminum, coating the aluminum, and finally assembling the aluminum. Then... Mining all the ores for the rare earths in the solar cells. Then all the wires. Then all the plastics. Then all the glass. All mined, processed, refined, assembled, etc. ALL shipped around the world. ALL completed with oil and coal.
While a natgas generator produces energy in a single stage once the power plant is built, the wells are drilled, and the pipelines laid. And just producing a little bit of water and CO2 as a waste product.
Thank goodness all these EVs are zero carbon foot prin......... Oh. 😁👍
Not to mention all the CO2 generated recycling them at the end of their ridiculously short working life. That’s not being counted yet because it’s too expensive to do now. But eventually their mess will have to be cleaned up, it will take a lot of energy to do it, and generated a lot more CO2.
Yes, and people might think all of that is a “one-time cost” to produce the solar cell, but solar cells have a pretty limited lifetime. Once it breaks, you get all those emissions all over again when you replace it.