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Chris and Charley look into the mind boggling amount of lithium needed by electric cars. Left aghast at the terrible impact so much mining would have on the planet, they look at how easy it would be to reduce the lithium needs of a green transportation system.
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Issue 2: Green energy & electric cars
Intro: Why does green energy produce so much toxic waste?
Chapter 1: Comparing wind, solar, nuclear & geothermal energy; mining waste
Chapter 2: The human and environmental costs of green energy mining
Chapter 3: Phasing out cars (even electric ones) to save the planet
Chapter 4: Your life would be way better if we phased out cars
Extra: Hydroelectric is not green energy
Bonus 1: Planet-saving green energy technology we foolishly never developed
Bonus 2: How did Congo (the world’s leading cobalt producer) get the way it is?
Bonus 3: The Congo Wars (1996-2003) and its millions of victims
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Issue 2 is available in written and podcast format
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And here is a photo of lithium in the form used to manufacture electric car batteries: lithium carbonate, a white, powdery substance:
