When I read about households or communities that claim to reduce their ecological footprint by using solar PVs, industrial wind turbines, batteries and/or e-vehicles, I fret and sigh.
Thanks for sharing. It’s certainly a difficult subject - EVs use a lot of different minerals in their batteries for example. Cobalt generates a lot of conflict in Africa.
Yes, extracting minerals ravages ecosystems and generates conflict. Charging an EV shortens the nearby transformer's lifespan from 30 or 40 years...to three years. EVs pose enormous fire hazards, since a charged battery can re-ignite several times after being extinguished; and the battery's chemicals get into the ground/water...and peoples' clothes and lungs. Also, charging an EV takes LOTS of power. For more details and references, please read my reports!
Interesting article and I am sure many people know by now that many new “green” technologies are not what we had hoped for. Since you are researching all this, what are your suggestions to people how to do better? Just complaining doesn’t help anyone. What can we do to do better by the environment??? That’s the article I’d like to read!!!
Thanks for sharing. It’s certainly a difficult subject - EVs use a lot of different minerals in their batteries for example. Cobalt generates a lot of conflict in Africa.
Yes, extracting minerals ravages ecosystems and generates conflict. Charging an EV shortens the nearby transformer's lifespan from 30 or 40 years...to three years. EVs pose enormous fire hazards, since a charged battery can re-ignite several times after being extinguished; and the battery's chemicals get into the ground/water...and peoples' clothes and lungs. Also, charging an EV takes LOTS of power. For more details and references, please read my reports!
Many thanks for that info, I will looks for your reports!
In this Substack, I've listed three reports under E-vehicles.
Interesting article and I am sure many people know by now that many new “green” technologies are not what we had hoped for. Since you are researching all this, what are your suggestions to people how to do better? Just complaining doesn’t help anyone. What can we do to do better by the environment??? That’s the article I’d like to read!!!
Thanks for writing, Miklen.
My reports always include ideas for reducing production and consumption.
Also, try: Policies for More Ecologically-Sound Tech;
Calming behavior in children with autism and ADD: a free, EMR-reduction protocol;
AND
A recipe for respecting nature and technology’s limits—and another for exploiting them.
I link to these reports in The Whole Elephant: The Best of 2024. Right now, substack isn't allowing the link to register....
Thanks for your reply. I’m very aware of many things but am also frustrated with the whole “green washing” thing that is going on. 👍
There are better methods. It is about whi controls energy. They are not looking fir solutions.
https://x.com/ShakeyMc/status/1867754382806462534?t=BGzY6RASYDQAqW0Bzu3bpQ&s=19
https://x.com/ShakeyMc/status/1871024091928346746?t=BGzY6RASYDQAqW0Bzu3bpQ&s=19
https://x.com/ShakeyMc/status/1871021499421016263?t=BGzY6RASYDQAqW0Bzu3bpQ&s=19
https://x.com/ShakeyMc/status/1871020677051912431?t=BGzY6RASYDQAqW0Bzu3bpQ&s=19
https://x.com/ShakeyMc/status/1871017608788775098?t=BGzY6RASYDQAqW0Bzu3bpQ&s=19