https://www.distilled.earth/p/a-fossil-fuel-economy-requires-535x
"Decarbonizing the world’s economy will require an enormous amount of minerals
like copper, lithium, nickel and cobalt. Everything from electric vehicles to
solar panels to transmission lines will require these raw materials.
In some cases, mining these minerals has disastrous consequences for workers,
indigenous communities, and the environment. This has led some clean energy
skeptics to argue that decarbonization will be bad for both humans and the
environment.
But transitioning to clean energy will mean we no longer have to mine and
extract vast quantities of fossil fuels each year. A clean energy transition
will help us avoid the worst effects of climate change; it will save millions
of lives currently lost to air pollution each year; and, importantly, it will
reduce the total amount of environmentally and socially harmful mining each
year."
Via
Future Crunch, who wrote “Ok, for the last time people, here we go.
Digging up shiny metal to make stuff? Good (not perfect). Digging up black
rocks and dinosaur juice and setting them on fire? Bad.”
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https://futurecrunch.com/good-news-heart-united-states-democracy-uruguay-nature-rights-ecuador/>
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
