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Not to be a doomer here, but have you considered what it will take in mining to achieve your goal? Not the least of which is the energy required to accomplish t
by upsidesinclude 3y ago
Not to be a doomer here, but have you considered what it will take in mining to achieve your goal? Not the least of which is the energy required to accomplish the task.
It is worth a moment of your time to understand.
At 82kgs of copper per vehicle
1.5 billion vehicles, doubling every 20 years
80 million cars produced annually.
Even if we only made EVs starting today. It would take almost 20 years to replace the cars on the road, by which point, the number of cars being utilized would have doubled. With all the copper produced on earth.
So that doesnt take into account large trucks or the windings for the transformers to charge the vehicles, nor does it take into account increases in output. Nevertheless, it is no small feat. Our lives will not be happier, richer or healthier as a result any time soon.
- ZeroGravitas 3y ago> but have you considered what it will take in mining to achieve your goal? Yes: > fossil fuels require much more mining and drilling than clean energy technologies. Today the world mines 8 billion tons of coal every year, whereas the clean energy transition is estimated to require around 3.5 billion tons of minerals in total over the next three decades. https://citizensclimatelobby.org/blog/blog/are-clean-technologies-and-renewable-energies-better-for-the-environment-than-fossil-fuels/ https://citizensclimatelobby.org/blog/blog/are-clean-technol...
- upsidesinclude 3y agoYeah, i dont have to read that link to know it's garbage. Guess what the concentration of coal is when mined. Clue: 100. Guess the concentration of metal in ores when mined.... Please don't be misled by these types of fallacious arguments.