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Originally Posted by SeeGeeWhy
F no, man. F no.
Extrapolate those material and land consumption intensities to a level where renewables are contributing meaningfully to the grid and you’ll understand what kind of hell this argument is working to avoid.
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It'll be less than continued FF extraction. It actually takes
less land than is being used for oil, gas, and coal extraction.
As for the cobalt video, it's more than a bit silly to point at the energy transition as a reason for worsening of the cobalt trade. Currently the most common uses for cobalt are for small electronics and computing, and, you guessed it, fossil fuel processing. Most EV batteries will contain little or zero cobalt in the future anyways. It's really hypocritical to suggest future tech will exploit unethical practices when the current extractive FF industry is doing the same stuff.
The misinformation about this stuff is staggering and a lot of it is paid for directly by these foundations funded by O&G companies (eg Fraser Institute).