@cian @OGjester @gerrymcgovern
good points
the thing about solar power that ppl tend to ignore, which really bugs me, is what rare earth mining has done to places like the Congo. truly horrific.
a river in Zambia was just 'killed' the other day when a tailings pond for a Chinese mine collpased
& copper.. lmao. not enough copper at the current rate to feed demand. so i shudder to think what'll happen at the supply level to meet it (spolier alert: it wont be recycling)
https://news.umich.edu/copper-cant-be-mined-fast-enough-to-electrify-the-us/