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> Nuclear plants probably kill less wildlife and people per delivered kWh than lithium extraction Uranium extraction has not negligible effects. Recent case:
by natmaka 4y ago
> Nuclear plants probably kill less wildlife and people per delivered kWh than lithium extraction
Uranium extraction has not negligible effects. Recent case: https://www.rfi.fr/en/africa/20230124-french-uranium-miner-leaves-20-million-tonnes-of-radioactive-waste-in-niger https://www.rfi.fr/en/africa/20230124-french-uranium-miner-l...
> Even as we ramp lithium production as fast as we can, we’re facing production shortages
Maybe, however the big picture seems clear: https://hannahritchie.substack.com/p/lithium-electric-vehicles https://hannahritchie.substack.com/p/lithium-electric-vehicl...
> We should pick the top 5-10 technologies
Globally we did so during the last 20 years, as many nations (including the US) tried hard to build and then use nuclear reactors and also renewable sources of energy:
https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/nuclear-renewables-electricity?country=~OWID_WRL https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/nuclear-renewables-electr...