You can focus on power output and if you're looking to clean that part by dirtying another, then you've won the debate. But that's not clean energy. You're not

You can focus on power output and if you're looking to clean that part by dirtying another, then you've won the debate. But that's not clean energy. You're not fooling any chemists with that logic. Clean energy takes into account the input side of the reaction. Mining lithium is filthy, emits carbon, introduces a waste cycle that we have no solution for, and distributes toxic waste across continents, especially Asia, in the current market, and across oceans. This is like the push for recycling plastics that lead to the giant plastic collection in the Pacific. Turns out shipping plastic is worse than burying it. Turns out mining lithium is worse than mining gas. Turns out you'll still mine gas for electric vehicles because you still need tires and roadways. What will you do with the excess gasoline? Have you thought about that? I'm just asking questions, but hopefully you have some answers for these questions because so far what I'm seeing is that people are advocating for electric, solar, etc. while offering no solutions for roadways, tires, etc. Meaning your plan is to mine lithium AND oil. To mine solar AND coal. To mine uranium AND burn gas. And those aren't clean solutions. Those are problems. Those are highly profitable problems.