\u2026The strong implication above is that lithium extraction is fine and just a part of a \u201ctransition that must happen as quickly as it can\u201d.<\/p>
The reality is more uncomfortable.<\/p>
Renewables (rebuildables) are much more metals intensive than fossil fuels and nuclear. Which, if we are as strategically inattentive as we currently are, carries in it the seeds of its own downfall <\/p>
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Bit sweary.Portsmouth, UK. Luddite trying not to be po-faced in the face of so much po\ud83d\udca9A JS trying to make his JS, CSS and HTML lean and kind.\u201cThe times are urgent. Let\u2019s slow down.\u201d\u2014Bayo AkomolafeHeader image is a panoramic view of Southsea seafront from the groyne built from imported Norwegian granite to protect the beach from longshore drift.Profile image is a 50-something me behind a card box that says \u201cFragile, this way up\u201d.","url":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/@urlyman","portablecontacts_net":{"preferredUsername":"urlyman","displayName":"Jonathan Schofield","note":"Cycling, designing, coding, over-thinking. Bit sweary.Portsmouth, UK. Luddite trying not to be po-faced in the face of so much po\ud83d\udca9A JS trying to make his JS, CSS and HTML lean and kind.\u201cThe times are urgent. Let\u2019s slow down.\u201d\u2014Bayo AkomolafeHeader image is a panoramic view of Southsea seafront from the groyne built from imported Norwegian granite to protect the beach from longshore drift.Profile image is a 50-something me behind a card box that says \u201cFragile, this way up\u201d."}},"content":" \u2026The strong implication above is that lithium extraction is fine and just a part of a \u201ctransition that must happen as quickly as it can\u201d.<\/p> The reality is more uncomfortable.<\/p> Renewables (rebuildables) are much more metals intensive than fossil fuels and nuclear. 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Let\u2019s slow down.\u201d\u2014Bayo AkomolafeHeader image is a panoramic view of Southsea seafront from the groyne built from imported Norwegian granite to protect the beach from longshore drift.Profile image is a 50-something me behind a card box that says \u201cFragile, this way up\u201d."}},"content":" This Renew Economy article does a good job of deconstructing the disinformation around cobalt and renewables, pointing out that\u2026<\/p> \u201cNearly every big battery installed in Australia these days uses lithium iron phosphate chemistry, which means no cobalt, and no nickel\u201d <\/p> and that\u2026 <\/p> \u201ccobalt has been used widely in many industries\u201d <\/p> \u2026which long predate the current boom for rebuildables. <\/p> But it contains a kind of disinformation of its own by omission\u2026<\/p>