Thank you for sharing! I’ve had these ideas for edits to pictures but could never get an AI to make it right from scratch. Giving it a try myself produced exactly what I was thinking of!

That’s completely untrue, it takes between 2-4 years depending on the type of solar panel to generate as much energy as was needed to create it. Leaving 26-28 years of free energy given a typical 30 year lifespan.

Check out this fact sheet for specifics: https://www.nrel.gov/docs/fy05osti/37322.pdf