>The article just tries to make something easily feasible look futile. Assuming we still need minerals for all the existing stuff we use, then we have to appro

>The article just tries to make something easily feasible look futile. Assuming we still need minerals for all the existing stuff we use, then we have to approximately double that just to manufacture enough EVs to replace cars in Europe, and probably quadruple it to cover Europe and the US. I have no idea how much would be needed to manufacture the wind turbines, hydroelectric generators, solar panels, etc, but I would assume it's about the same order of magnitude. So, we are looking at needing nearly 10x the annual production of the minerals mentioned, just to supply Europe and the US with EVs over the next 15 years. I don't see how you can call that feasible. I also don't understand why boosting mineral extraction is so casually mentioned - I suppose externalizing pollution is one of the main benefits of EVs. Cobalt mining in particular is no joke.