..."renewable energy." It needs copper they said, and in that case, they weren't lying.
There isn't enough copper on the planet to get solar and wind to 40 Exajoules per year, but hell, that doesn't stop people from hyping that useless shit.
But again, don't worry, be happy.
Little Benny Sovacool says we can tear the shit out of the ocean floor to be "green."
¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬There are antinuke assholes who are fine with mining the seabed because of their idiot fondness for so called "renewable energy," which, because of the unsustainable reliance on mining the shit out of the planet, is a self contradictory phrase. There's nothing "renewable" about extreme mining.
The asshole, Benjamin Sovacool, in question and his "paper" in an otherwise highly reputable journal:
Sustainable minerals and metals for a low-carbon future
Subtitle:
Policy coordination is needed for global supply chains.
Benjamin K. Sovacool and Saleem H. Ali and Morgan Bazilian and Ben Radley and Benoit Nemery and Julia Okatz and Dustin Mulvaney,
Sustainable minerals and metals for a low-carbon future, Science, 367, 6473, 30-33, 2020,
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