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 :
/ @pluglifetelevision
Website: https://www.pluglifetelevision.co.uk/
Clean Technica article : Michael Barnard
https://cleantechnica.com/2023/02/13/…
GTK Assessment Paper – Simon Michaux
https://tupa.gtk.fi/raportti/arkisto/…
Age of Transformation article : Nafeez Ahmed
https://ageoftransformation.org/energ…
Rethinking Climate Change : RethinkX
https://www.rethinkx.com/climate-impl…
EROI Paper – Murphy et al
https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/14/12/…
EROI Paper – Diesendorf et al
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science…
EROI Paper -Bhandari et al (paywall protected)
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science…
EROI Paper – Arvesen / Hertwich
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science…
Final Energy Return Analysis – Brockway et al ( paywall protected)
https://www.nature.com/articles/s4156…
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science…
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-d39…
NREL – US Pumped Hydro
https://www.nrel.gov/docs/fy22osti/81…
NREL Supply Side analysis
https://www.nrel.gov/docs/fy22osti/81…
Vehicle to Grid analysis – Xu et al
https://www.nature.com/articles/s4146…
Pumped Hydro Drone Footage
• Seneca Pumped Sto…
Pumped hydro animation
• Pumped hydro – Th…
United Nations – Air pollution
https://press.un.org/en/2019/sgsm1960…
WHO – Air pollution
https://www.who.int/health-topics/air…
Center for Behavior and Climate.
https://climatechange.behaviordevelop…
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