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https://interestingengineering.com/innovation/nickel-accumulating-plants-for-ev>
"The growing popularity of electric vehicles has led to an increased demand for
nickel. While mining more ore is one way to meet this demand, many startups are
also turning to farming instead to address an industrial need with a much more
sustainable approach.
Since the Industrial Age, humanity has known only one way of meeting the demand
for more metals—mining. The trend has followed until today, and even as the
world is looking to adopt electric vehicles to reduce emissions, mining of
lithium, nickel, and cobalt is at an all-time high to meet the production
demand.
Mining is energy-intensive and powered by carbon-emitting fossil fuels. This
only leads to more emissions. Mining for a tonne of nickel to be used in a
non-polluting EV can generate up to 59 tonnes of carbon dioxide.
So, startups are now turning to plants that can concentrate nickel from the
soil. Scientifically, this is referred to as phytomining. It has the dual
benefit of preventing mining while still extracting the metal of interest."
Via
Fix the News:
https://fixthenews.com/the-three-sisters/
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
