I am fascinated by renewable energies, and I too hate the idea of mining more in order to manage our energy transition. However the massive difference with dri

I am fascinated by renewable energies, and I too hate the idea of mining more in order to manage our energy transition. However the massive difference with drilling for petrol is that petrol has a drill and burn lifecycle. You drill once, then burn it, then you need to drill more. Cobalt for instance will be put in batteries that will be charged and discharged numerous time before reaching their end of life. Then the car battery will be re-used in grid-scale battery storage, then finally recycled to be put in a car again (or phone or whatever else) So although I dislike the idea of more mining, I can see how the situation switches from use once to use thousands of times and how it's a slight improvement on our current situation (climate change aside).