Earth space elevator is supposed to be grounded somewhere on equator, the orbital point is on the geostationary orbit and further away there is a counterbalance

Earth space elevator is supposed to be grounded somewhere on equator, the orbital point is on the geostationary orbit and further away there is a counterbalance. There are currently no plausible way to avoid collisions of such a structure with satellites which are below the geostationary orbit. Sooner or later each passive satellite will hit the elevator, and active satellites will have to actively avoid collisions for the whole time they are on the orbit. Any collision would likely disintegrate the satellite and bring serious damage to the elevator - easily enough to break the elevator; after all we're talking about colossal kinetic energy in collision. Even if nanotubes would be used and could work by themselves - I'm optimistic on that - the inherent conflict between space elevator and the rest of cosmonautics currently is enough to prevent this idea from working.