The quantity of metals required to manufacture just one generation of renewable technology to phase out fossil fuels
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I watched the first 35 minutes and I have a number of issues:
1. You talk about the EROEI for renewables but don't give a figure. You simply claim it is higher than fossil fuels.
2. At 31', you suggest that all storage is battery storage. This is clearly nonsense.
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. FYI I think you will find this very useful.
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Simon is not only someone whose work I respect enormously, but a mate as well in the best Aussie sense of the word.
His research into minerals usage and availability is meticulous and thorough. That realism needs to inform everyone thinking about the transition from fossil fuels
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Could you also embed your presentation in a tweet? This can be done by putting the presentation on slideshare.com and then putting in a link to it in a tweet.
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Putting presentations on slideshare can be very useful, as the presentations can then be linked and viewed on twitter - for example
slideshare.net/HubSpot/20-fac
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Would love to have you on our podcast to discuss this. Our common friend has been a frequent contributor and we would welcome a discussion about the metals required.
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Thanks for this. Interesting that The Economist was writing about something similar recently
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Mass producing EVs for everyone is unlikely to be possible. We can't stop the climate crisis by simply swapping one type of car for another. We need to shift our economies away from car dependence and towards public transport, cycling and walking
economist.com/business/2022/
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Thanks so much for making this free, I thoroughly enjoyed the presentation. Question if you have time; What would you say is the reasons behind nuclear energy lacking the ability to be scaled up? Thanks
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As for Simon Michaux: he's the equivalent of an antivax doctor: a person who has "credentials", but has a strongly contrarian position to the mainstream of his industry. He has written books that globalization and growth are dead and the world is entering an inevitable decline.
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