Issue 2 | Should we charge our electric cars with nuclear, geothermal, or green energy? Or just scrap them? (podcast)
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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)
Chris and Charley continue discussing the human and environmental impact of mining for the critical minerals of the green energy transition. In part 2: rare earth elements and nickel. Images Image: Climate Rights International, Does Anyone Care? / Riza Salman for CRI
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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)
Chris and Charley look at the human and environmental impact of mining for lithium and cobalt, two critical minerals of the green energy transition. Images from Ch2/Part 1: Lithium evaporation ponds (Luis Robayo / AFP): The dried riverbed of the Trapiche River: Maria Paula Gaido / Ruido:
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Iss2/Ch1 Dam you straight to h*ck (part 2)
Double issue means double chapters, and double chapters are way too long to record in one sitting. Chris and Charley sit down again to finish Chapter 1.
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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/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: