Greta Thunberg

[Highland Mule]

I think you omitted your “allegedly “

I don’t think he actually knows what the word means, and he certainly doesn’t know what a “?” is for. I’ve given up on correcting him on those though, on the basis that English is probably not his first language, but there is certainly no excuse for basic due diligence.

 

[czechmate]

I don’t think he actually knows what the word means, and he certainly doesn’t know what a “?” is for. I’ve given up on correcting him on those though, on the basis that English is probably not his first language, but there is certainly no excuse for basic due diligence.

Mind you, maybe a lithium mine looks worse?

Can you find any pics of a lithium mine @Still Farming ?

 

[Highland Mule]

Mind you, maybe a lithium mine looks worse?

Can you find any pics of a lithium mine @Still Farming ?

Given much of the lithium we use is recovered by brine dissolution from salt flats, it won’t be very impressive.

 

[Henarar]

Except it’s not. It’s a copper mine in Chile. Well done for failing to fact check and spreading misinformation - keep that up and you’ll get a job working for Boris.

do they use copper in battery cars ?

 

[Henarar]

Mind you, maybe a lithium mine looks worse?

Can you find any pics of a lithium mine @Still Farming ?

The kids don't like having their photo taken
allegedly

 

[Highland Mule]

do they use copper in battery cars ?

I would imagine that they use copper in every car - there’s certainly plenty in my diesel volvo.

 

[Henarar]

I would imagine that they use copper in every car - there’s certainly plenty in my diesel volvo.

including the electric ones, terrible things they are
and to think they want to ban cows
but fecking great copper mines to make electric cars is fine
tis a funny old world

 

[Henarar]

I would imagine that they use copper in every car - there’s certainly plenty in my diesel volvo.

including the electric ones, terrible things they are
and to think they want to ban cows
but fecking great copper mines to make electric cars is fine
tis a funny old world

 

[br jones]

A lithium mine

 

[caveman]

If a place is called Chile, its obviously a cold old shite hole, so who cares anyways?

 

[Still Farming]

A lithium mine
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Looks "greener" to some maybe????

 

[Scribus]

Except it’s not. It’s a copper mine in Chile. Well done for failing to fact check and spreading misinformation - keep that up and you’ll get a job working for Boris.

If only it were that simple.

That other great requisite for efficient li ion batteries is cobalt, a mineral that was always regarded as a by product of copper and nickel mining. Should the demand for cobalt become so strong that copper and nickel become a by product of cobalt extraction then that image could well become rather symbolic of the great waste that are EVs, besides which the great push for electrification is going to increase the demand for copper as well.

 

[Highland Mule]

If only it were that simple.

That other great requisite for efficient li ion batteries is cobalt, a mineral that was always regarded as a by product of copper and nickel mining. Should the demand for cobalt become so strong that copper and nickel become a by product of cobalt extraction then that image could well become rather symbolic of the great waste that are EVs, besides which the great push for electrification is going to increase the demand for copper as well.

Except cobalt is not a “requisite” of Li ion batteries any more. True, many use it, but it’s not requisite.

 

[Deutzdx3]

Silicone is the next stage in high output batteries, technology changing all the time. All these minerals have to be mined in some way or another, they certainly aren’t using battery power to mine it so it’s very extraction is creating huge amounts of co2. Still, the in-laws supply glencore with a lot of their machinery so can’t complain to much. [emoji23]

 

[Scribus]

Except cobalt is not a “requisite” of Li ion batteries any more. True, many use it, but it’s not requisite.

Which is precisely why I said efficient li ion batteries. The best ones use it, those that exclude it do not offer the range.

 

[br jones]

And just for clarity ,a cobalt mine

 

[Scribus]

I would imagine that they use copper in every car - there’s certainly plenty in my diesel volvo.

Copper wiring can be easily recycled, Li ion batteries are a different ball game altogether.

 

[br jones]

And a silca mine

 

[br jones]

So as we can see nothing is as green as we think

 

[Scribus]

Fitch forecasts that global copper demand will increase from 23.6mnt in 2018 to 29 .8mnt by 2027, at 2.6% annual growth.

Oh joy, lots more lovely big holes!

Global copper market under supplied, demand on the rise — report

But over the long term, the global copper deficit is expected to shrink, and the market will shift to oversupply.

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