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[deleted] t1_j6kgs3v wrote

Reply to comment by Fake_William_Shatner in Study: Enough minerals to fuel green energy shift -"The analysis is robust and this study debunks those (running out of minerals) concerns" by Surur

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Turnipsia t1_j6kmrys wrote

Ah yes, Iron and air batteries stealing all our resources. Only 5 percent of the earth's crust is iron making it our 4th most abundant resource. We'll run out of iron in the next few billion of years better watch out!

Personally I'd be more worried about agriculture than battery tech, battery tech has gotten much more affordable and much more efficient with non precious metals. I've seen sodium-ion batteries as well which sodium is our 6th most abundant resource.

So far I've only heard of lithium creating toxic soil but if you can link proof of other battery technology creating toxic soil please inform me. Anyway I think our battery technology hopefully should get good enough to move away from lithium in consumer products. We are already seeing promising breakthroughs with battery technology in the last decade using abundant resources instead.

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Surur OP t1_j6kif4w wrote

Is this based on any information, or do you suck this stuff from your "source"?

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Fake_William_Shatner t1_j6kk8f7 wrote

Probably a Russian site dedicated towards influencing people to end their lives.

Yes, oil companies do invest now in green tech because they want to diversify. But he’s got a supercharged “there is no hope” attitude.

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Codydw12 t1_j6kyyub wrote

Been seeing a lot of that kind of doomerism on here. I suppose some people want the end of the world

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Fake_William_Shatner t1_j6n6aaz wrote

That's always been an aspect of the Evangelicals. Well at least since the Reagan Republicans took control of them and infiltrated their leadership. I don't think it's a coincidence most of the leaders end up snorting coke of a young boy prostitutes back.

But it's creeping in a lot of corners -- and there is nothing better to create a great consumer than the concept that tomorrow doesn't matter. That's the message they fight tooth and nail to throw at anyone trying to fix transit or pushing for the Green New Deal.

Once you strip away all the excuses NOT to put all our efforts into Solar and Wind, they to got "bUT NoTHinG cAn BE dONe!!!!" Very hedonistic and materialistic outlooks for people who might tell you to get right with Jesus. Or Putin. These days, it's really hard to tell what path the weak-minded have taken, they all seem to have the same destination.

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