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Enough minerals for a solar, wind, & battery transition from fossil fuels?
Preface. The transition could require as much as $173 trillion in energy supply and infrastructure investment over the next three decades. One HELL of a lot of metals needed – questionable if possible in in three decades, especially with China … Continue reading →