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“The total amount of mining that’s going to be needed for wind, water, solar, compared to [the] fossil fuel system, is much less than 1% in terms of the mass of
by rini17 4y ago
“The total amount of mining that’s going to be needed for wind, water, solar, compared to [the] fossil fuel system, is much less than 1% in terms of the mass of materials.”
...that's not true, the tonnage of raw metal ores mined is already comparable to crude fossil fuels and it's expected to increase as the ore grade goes down
https://www.materialflows.net/visualisation-centre/raw-material-profiles/ https://www.materialflows.net/visualisation-centre/raw-mater...
https://resourcepanel.org/sites/default/files/technical_annex_for_global_material_flows_database_-_vers_30_aug22.pdf https://resourcepanel.org/sites/default/files/technical_anne...
- detaro 4y agoWhere do your sources outline the mining specifically needed to support renewables?
- rini17 4y agoIEA, Net Zero by 2050: https://www.iea.org/reports/net-zero-by-2050 https://www.iea.org/reports/net-zero-by-2050 The energy transition requires substantial quantities of critical minerals, and their supply emerges as a significant growth area. The total market size of critical minerals like copper, cobalt, manganese and various rare earth metals grows almost sevenfold between 2020 and 2030 in the net zero pathway