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- Jane Goodall on the Futile Climate Crusade Wed, 28 Aug 24, 11:00amBut taken together, the problems of wind, solar, and batteries are substantial and call for a mid-course correction from look-the-other-way, mention-and-run, wish-and-hope Big Green...
- When Green Dreams Go Up in Smoke: The Great Lithium Truck Fiasco of I-15 Mon, 29 Jul 24, 7:00amit's not easy being green. And maybe, just maybe, we should take a step back and reevaluate our priorities before we put all our eggs in one lithium-ion basket.
- This is your warning – City of Toronto launches lithium-ion battery safety campaign Thu, 27 Jun 24, 11:00pmAlready this year, there have been 15 fires involving lithium-ion batteries; seven of those fires were related to micromobility devices.
- Green Dilemma: Pennsylvania Fracking Wastewater Could Provide Half the USA’s Lithium Needs Mon, 10 Jun 24, 3:00amThey have to extract the gas to get to the Lithium...
- Assessing America’s vulnerability to a Chinese graphite embargo Wed, 22 May 24, 11:00amThe potential damage from a Chinese monopoly graphite embargo is quite large. Vulnerability assessment is clearly called for.
- Net Zero by 2050? We need about 10,000 years of current Lithium production to get there first Wed, 22 Feb 23, 7:14amBy Jo Nova So much for Net Zero by 2050 Simon P. Michaux calls it “Minerals Blindness” — the inability to see that there are just not enough metals to get to Net Zero.
- The New Pause Lengthens to 8 years 1 Month Fri, 4 Nov 22, 12:00pmWhy, then, the continuing worldwide pandemic of panic about the mildly warmer weather we are enjoying?
- It’s Time for Transparency of The Embedded Costs of Going “Green” Wed, 13 Apr 22, 3:00amSupplies to support “green” inflict environmental degradation, humanity atrocities, and increases in emissions, not transparent to the green movement.
- Lithium Turmoil: Chilean President Gabriel Boric Squeezing Miners Wed, 29 Dec 21, 5:00pmInteresting times for green leaders like President Biden and UK PM Boris Johnson; As the green revolution drives up prices, freshly elected far left Chilean President Gabriel Boric has shaken the Lithium industry, by promising...
- Texas State Geologist Scott Tinker: The Bad Assumptions Underpinning COP26 and the Impending Energy Train Wreck Tue, 2 Nov 21, 4:00amGuest “Reality can be a harsh teacher” by David Middleton The world is already in an “energy crisis” of sorts due to the tremendous misallocation of capital from functioning energy…
- Lithium: How the Taliban will fight climate change? Thu, 2 Sep 21, 3:00amGuest “America last… again” by David Middleton Biden’s Clean Energy Program Loses Out on Afghan LithiumBY IER AUGUST 24, 2021 Afghanistan is the “the Saudi Arabia of lithium” –a metal…
- Closing the gap on the missing lithium Tue, 6 Jul 21, 3:00pmThere is a significant discrepancy between theoretical and observed amounts of lithium in our universe. This is known as the cosmological lithium problem, and it has plagued cosmologists for decades.
- Where’s the Lithium? NYT Notices a Lot More Lithium Needed for Biden’s Electric Vehicle Push Sun, 9 May 21, 3:00amNYT has noticed an awful lot of toxic mineral extraction and wholesale open cut ecological destruction would be required, to satisfy President Biden's clean electric vehicle vision.
- General Motors leads $139 million investment into lithium-metal battery developer, SES Mon, 19 Apr 21, 10:32pmGeneral Motors is joining the list of big automakers picking their horses in the race to develop better batteries for electric vehicles with its lead of a $139 million investment into the lithium-metal battery developer,...
- How do you Extinguish a Lithium Battery Fire? Fri, 5 Mar 21, 1:00amA few weeks ago I asked a fire fighter friend how they extinguish electric vehicle battery fires. His answer was "you can't".