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Tag Archives: metal
Why EV Batteries aren’t being recycled
Preface. Talk to your typical capitalist / environmentalist and they will both agree that we will never run out of anything because we can recycle. But we aren’t. Especially since it’s cheaper to buy newly mined metals than to recycle … Continue reading →
Renewables: not enough minerals, energy or time and mining is destructive
Preface. Electricity generating contraptions like wind and solar can’t replace the 50% of oil used in global manufacturing, because they can’t generate the high heat needed, or run battery or catenary electric trucks as I explained in “When Trucks Top … Continue reading →
Minerals essential for wind, solar, and high-tech, are anything but clean and green
This is a book review of Pitron’s “The rare metals war”. To produce the metals and minerals to make a transition to wind, solar, nuclear and so on would be incredibly destructive and polluting. A fifth of China’s arable land … Continue reading →
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Rare: The High-Stakes Race to Satisfy Our Need for the Scarcest Metals on Earth by Keith Veronese
Preface. This is a book review of Keith Veronese’s book “The High-stakes race to satisfy our need for the scarcest metals on earth” (well, the kindle notes, so a bit disjointed). Capitalism believes there’s a solution for everything due to … Continue reading →