Author: chris
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Iss2/Ch3 When your green energy transition is addicted to a white, powdery substance
Using the lithium needs of electric cars as a case study, we explore how easy it would be to reduce the need for mining without sacrificing anything. Then, we uncover the sinister reason why a fossil fuel company invented the carbon footprint.
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Iss2/Ch1 Dam you straight to h*ck (part 1)
Chris and Charlie try to figure out what energy source is best to replace fossil fuels, but things go off the rails immediately…and they wind up with an extended discussion about mining waste?
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Iss2/Ch2 Do electric cars generate waste worse than nuclear power plants? The answer may surprise (and poison) you (part 2)
In Chapter 2, we look at the human and environmental costs of mining lithium, cobalt, rare earths, and nickel: critical minerals for phasing out fossil fuels. (part 2 of 2)
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Iss2/Ch2 Do electric cars generate waste worse than nuclear power plants? The answer may surprise (and poison) you (part 1)
In Chapter 2, we look at the human and environmental costs of mining lithium, cobalt, rare earths, and nickel: critical minerals for phasing out fossil fuels. (part 1 of 2)
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Iss2/Intro Nyook-yooler energy (pronounced: “nuclear”)
After finding that green energy has a worse radioactive waste problem than nuclear energy, Chris lays out green energy deal with the devil: to save the planet from climate change, it will be necessary to sacrifice parts of the planet with mining waste. Two tables are referenced in this episode:
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Iss2/Ch1 Dam you straight to h*ck (part 2)
In Chapter 1, we try to figure out what energy source is best to replace fossil fuels, but things go off the rails immediately…and we wind up with an extended discussion about mining waste? (part 2 of 2)
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Iss2/Ch1 Dam you straight to h*ck (part 1)
In Chapter 1, we try to figure out what energy source is best to replace fossil fuels, but things go off the rails immediately…and we wind up with an extended discussion about mining waste? (part 1 of 2)
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Iss2/Intro Nyook-yooler energy (pronounced: “nuclear”)
In the Issue 2 Introduction, we find out that green energy has a worse radioactive waste problem than nuclear energy. The green energy deal with the devil: to save the planet from climate change, it will be necessary to sacrifice parts of the planet with mining waste.
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Excerpt: Comparing what economists and climate scientists say about climate change
This page is an excerpt from Issue 1 / Chapter 4. Apocalypse Nord This section is a side-by-side comparison of what mainstream economists versus climate scientists say about climate change. In this section, we use the generally accepted shorthand for warming: e.g., “2 degrees of warming” is shorthand for an average global temperature increase 2…
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Excerpt: These policies led to the Great Depression…what could go wrong?
This page is an excerpt from Issue 1 / Chapter 3. When the hottest commodity is human suffering The dominant model of development imagines that poor countries can harness the free market to lift themselves out of poverty. Initially, poor countries have little to offer, but should take advantage of whatever they are able to…