> If the regulators 'like' what needs to be built it'll pop up fast
The most dangerous and expensive accident happening to a wind turbine is way (way!!!) less daunting and way more easy to avoid and tackle than a major nuclear accident.
> In terms of material input
Given that most material needed for renewables can be recycled, has substitutes and that there is no need for a combustible there is quite a debate there.
Even the underlying part (is there enough of this or that?) isn't fully cooked, lithium being an example: https://www.sustainabilitybynumbers.com/p/lithium-electric-v...