Are electric cars green? Actually – no they are not. They are an environmental disaster, from the mining of the resources to make them, to the flammable nature of of the batteries, to the inability for them to be recycled. How much CO2 is released in a battery fire?
We could say the same thing for the giant windmills – which require a diesel engine to get them started, and whose blades are made out of un-recyclable polymers as long a football field.
Here’s a report by Ben Fullford on this:
According to the World Economic Forum, by 2030, American multinational corporations such as Microsoft, Amazon, Tesla and Google will need 17 times more rare earth minerals to power consumers’ smart devices during the upcoming “green revolution”.
In particular, copper can become the main metal of the economy of the future – the transition to alternative energy technologies will be a driver for its growth in the long term. This metal is already being called “new gold”. According to the International Energy Agency, by 2040, the demand for copper for electric power will more than double. In general, the demand for metals and minerals, according to the calculations of the organization, will grow by 30 times by the same time.