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« on: September 03, 2023, 11:25:37 pm »
Such as graphite, lithium and cobalt could see an increase of almost 500% between now and 2050, to meet the growing demand for clean energy technologies. It is estimated that more than 3 billion tons of minerals and metals will be required for the implementation of wind, solar and geothermal energy, as well as energy storage, to achieve a temperature reduction below 2șC in the future.
More recent reports are even more chilling Phone Number List the increased use of "transition minerals." As the French journalist Guillaume Pitron argues, "hundreds of thousands of wind turbines, some taller than the Eiffel Tower, will be built in the coming years and will require enormous amounts of cobalt, zinc, molybdenum, aluminum, zinc, chromium... among other metals»12. The "Decarbonization Consensus" restricts the horizon of combating climate change to what the Brazilian researcher Camila Moreno defines as the "carbon metric": a limited way of quantifying carbon only from co 2 molecules , that offers a kind of currency for international exchange, which creates the illusion that something is being done against environmental degradation.
In this way, the underlying problem is covered up and not only continues to be polluted, but also new businesses are made with the pollution (through, for example, emissions offset trading). The natural and ecological limits of the planet continue to be ignored, as there is clearly no lithium or critical minerals to reach if mobility models and consumption patterns are not changed. The fact in itself that lithium batteries, as well as wind and solar projects, also require minerals (such as copper, zinc, among many others) should alert us to the need to carry out a radical reform of the transport system and of the existing consumption model.
More recent reports are even more chilling Phone Number List the increased use of "transition minerals." As the French journalist Guillaume Pitron argues, "hundreds of thousands of wind turbines, some taller than the Eiffel Tower, will be built in the coming years and will require enormous amounts of cobalt, zinc, molybdenum, aluminum, zinc, chromium... among other metals»12. The "Decarbonization Consensus" restricts the horizon of combating climate change to what the Brazilian researcher Camila Moreno defines as the "carbon metric": a limited way of quantifying carbon only from co 2 molecules , that offers a kind of currency for international exchange, which creates the illusion that something is being done against environmental degradation.
In this way, the underlying problem is covered up and not only continues to be polluted, but also new businesses are made with the pollution (through, for example, emissions offset trading). The natural and ecological limits of the planet continue to be ignored, as there is clearly no lithium or critical minerals to reach if mobility models and consumption patterns are not changed. The fact in itself that lithium batteries, as well as wind and solar projects, also require minerals (such as copper, zinc, among many others) should alert us to the need to carry out a radical reform of the transport system and of the existing consumption model.