Have we got enough minerals?

Will batteries for hundreds of millions of future electric vehicles rob the planet of all its precious minerals? And what about all the minerals and materials for billions of wind turbines and solar panels? Can our planet really cope with the transition away from fossil fuels and will that transition really be 'sustainable'?

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Research Links

Dr Euan McTurk - Plug Life Consulting :
YouTube : https://www.youtube.com/@PlugLifeTelevision
Website: https://www.pluglifetelevision.co.uk/

Clean Technica article : Michael Barnard
https://cleantechnica.com/2023/02/13/why-arent-energy-flows-diagrams-used-more-to-inform-decarbonization/

GTK Assessment Paper - Simon Michaux
https://tupa.gtk.fi/raportti/arkisto/42_2021.pdf?ref=ageoftransformation.org

Age of Transformation article : Nafeez Ahmed
https://ageoftransformation.org/energy-transformation-wont-be-derailed-by-lack-of-raw-materials/

Rethinking Climate Change : RethinkX
https://www.rethinkx.com/climate-implications

EROI Paper - Murphy et al
https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/14/12/7098/htm?ref=ageoftransformation.org

EROI Paper - Diesendorf et al
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0921800919320543

EROI Paper -Bhandari et al (paywall protected)
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S136403211500146X?ref=ageoftransformation.org

EROI Paper - Arvesen / Hertwich
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0301421514006338

Final Energy Return Analysis - Brockway et al ( paywall protected)
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41560-019-0425-z?ref=ageoftransformation.org

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0360544221007167

Australian National University - pumped hydro paper
https://re100.eng.anu.edu.au/global/

Low-cost renewable electricity as the key driver of the global energy
transition towards sustainability : Bogdanov et al
https://re100.anu.edu.au/#share=g-d39a5688446926d55bf059716f828959

NREL - US Pumped Hydro
https://www.nrel.gov/docs/fy22osti/81277.pdf

NREL Supply Side analysis
https://www.nrel.gov/docs/fy22osti/81644.pdf

Vehicle to Grid analysis - Xu et al
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-022-35393-0

Pumped Hydro Drone Footage
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qAh-18V5QKA

Pumped hydro animation
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gagnufw4Dcw

United Nations - Air pollution
https://press.un.org/en/2019/sgsm19607.doc.htm

WHO - Air pollution
https://www.who.int/health-topics/air-pollution#tab=tab_1

Center for Behavior and Climate.
https://climatechange.behaviordevelopmentsolutions.com/just-have-a-think-jhat

Check out other YouTube Climate Communicators

zentouro: https://www.youtube.com/user/zentouro

Climate Adam: https://www.youtube.com/user/ClimateAdam

Kurtis Baute: https://www.youtube.com/user/ScopeofScience

Levi Hildebrand: https://www.youtube.com/user/The100LH

Simon Clark: https://www.youtube.com/user/SimonOxfPhys

Sarah Karvner: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRwMkTu8sCwOOD6_7QYrZnw

Rollie Williams / ClimateTown: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCuVLG9pThvBABcYCm7pkNkA

Jack Harries: https://www.youtube.com/user/JacksGap

Beckisphere: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCT39HQq5eDKonaUV8ujiBCQ

Our Changing Climate : https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCNXvxXpDJXp-mZu3pFMzYHQ

Engineering With Rosie https://www.youtube.com/c/EngineeringwithRosie

Ella Gilbert https://www.youtube.com/c/DrGilbz

Planet Proof https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdtF58iBRQ2C3QPeKKzxwiA

Our Eden https://www.youtube.com/@OurEden