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Quitting coal mining in exchange for lithium mining? That’s like saying an addict is healthy because he quit heroin in exchange for being hooked on fentanyl.

cesnja 3y ago
Do you know that after coal is burned, it’s gone?
- bblpeter 3y ago
  Do you know that after your lithium battery degrades, it’s toxic waste?
  - _fizz_buzz_ 3y ago
    Batteries can be recycled.
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deeviant 3y ago
It's actually like quitting heron for pot. Coal is vastly more damaging.
- bblpeter 3y ago
  I assume you don’t live near a lithium mine
flakeoil 3y ago
CO2 in the air is damaging all life on earth, while a lithium mine at most damages the local area around the mine. It's probably much better to have a few local "dead" spots than a complete planet out of whack. And as a sibling comment said, lithium can be recycled.
- bblpeter 3y ago
  > lithium can be recycled It can’t. This is an extremely energy intensive process that produces toxic waste products. It’s a fantasy.
  - dukeyukey 3y ago
    Lithium is regularly recycled already.
  - nl 3y ago
    There are major listed companies doing lithium recycling in Melbourne: https://www.reuters.com/technology/lithium-australia-signs-lithium-ion-battery-recycling-deal-with-lg-energy-2022-09-07/ https://www.reuters.com/technology/lithium-australia-signs-l...
- briandon 3y ago
  CO2, whether from fossil fuel combustion or respiration (e.g. part of your and my exhaled breath, day and night) becomes plant tissue. Land plants, algae in the oceans, the herbivorous content of your salad, the flowers in your garden, etc. "Carbon Dioxide Fertilization Greening Earth, Study Finds" https://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2016/carbon-dioxide-fertilization-greening-earth https://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2016/carbon-dioxide-fer...
  - flakeoil 3y ago
    Yeah, well, I expressed myself clumsy. CO2 in itself is not bad, but the global warming effect caused by too much and unnatural CO2 in the atmosphere is bad. And that global warming effect slowly wreaks havoc with natures balance and long-term kills life on earth as we know it.

cesnja 3y ago

Do you know that after coal is burned, it’s gone?

bblpeter 3y ago
Do you know that after your lithium battery degrades, it’s toxic waste?
- _fizz_buzz_ 3y ago
  Batteries can be recycled.
  - deleted 3y ago
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deeviant 3y ago

It's actually like quitting heron for pot. Coal is vastly more damaging.

bblpeter 3y ago
I assume you don’t live near a lithium mine

flakeoil 3y ago

CO2 in the air is damaging all life on earth, while a lithium mine at most damages the local area around the mine. It's probably much better to have a few local "dead" spots than a complete planet out of whack. And as a sibling comment said, lithium can be recycled.

bblpeter 3y ago
> lithium can be recycled It can’t. This is an extremely energy intensive process that produces toxic waste products. It’s a fantasy.
- dukeyukey 3y ago
  Lithium is regularly recycled already.
- nl 3y ago
  There are major listed companies doing lithium recycling in Melbourne: https://www.reuters.com/technology/lithium-australia-signs-lithium-ion-battery-recycling-deal-with-lg-energy-2022-09-07/ https://www.reuters.com/technology/lithium-australia-signs-l...
briandon 3y ago
CO2, whether from fossil fuel combustion or respiration (e.g. part of your and my exhaled breath, day and night) becomes plant tissue. Land plants, algae in the oceans, the herbivorous content of your salad, the flowers in your garden, etc. "Carbon Dioxide Fertilization Greening Earth, Study Finds" https://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2016/carbon-dioxide-fertilization-greening-earth https://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2016/carbon-dioxide-fer...
- flakeoil 3y ago
  Yeah, well, I expressed myself clumsy. CO2 in itself is not bad, but the global warming effect caused by too much and unnatural CO2 in the atmosphere is bad. And that global warming effect slowly wreaks havoc with natures balance and long-term kills life on earth as we know it.