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one reason solar is a great energy source is it’s decentralized
sadly, no - you still need high quality silica, and advanced facilities to manufacture the photovoltaics. Imagine it like you buying coal and using coal to power your house. yes this coal is cleaner, and runs for 10-20 years, but there are not many coal plants.
all power sources have the same problem of centralized sources of materials and manufacturing, so it doesn’t make solar any worse than the others
but the other energy sources have the problem of centralization once they’re implemented
this may seem stupid/naive, but geothermal does not have any such problem. it is effectively a ac (heat pump). Nuclear too does not require complex manufacturing. it still requires mining, but so do almost all electrical solutions too. but beyond that, they are just rocks that pretty much perpetually dissipiate heat. if you go for betavoltaics, they directly give electrons, and can charge stuff.