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Are we simply not looking hard enough in Europe, or is the European soil truly useless for competitive amounts of natural resources?
by Aardwolf 4y ago
Are we simply not looking hard enough in Europe, or is the European soil truly useless for competitive amounts of natural resources?
- sofixa 4y agoThere is quite a lot of lithium in Europe already, e.g. in Serbia [1]. However lithium mining is extremely environmentally destructive, and those sorts of things usually aren't accepted by Europeans. 1 - https://mondediplo.com/2022/11/10serbia https://mondediplo.com/2022/11/10serbia
- MSFT_Edging 4y agoI was told mass EV adoption was a solution to destroying the earth, rather than re-evaluating our transportation system!
- epistasis 4y agoIn what sense is lithium mining more destructive than iron, copper, or other mining? And does it have to be that way?
- thatguy0900 4y agoExtracting natural resources in a cost effective way involves a lot of pollution that Europeans would rather happen somewhere else
- 7373737373 4y agoThis is what I've always wondered especially re. Germany - is it possible to quantify how well a country has been prospected? How much is "resource poverty" a matter of low resource concentration vs (exploration)-absence? How do the economics change with changing energy and labor prices? What is the relationship between resources and the building of infrastructure, in terms of logistics and also permanent settling? Are many extraction and refining methods monopolized through patents or other mechanisms?