You want jobs? Support Green energy.
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Solar is only one way to get power when the grid is down or you are in the bush.
18V seems to be the standard for cordless tools, so 12V will fade out
Rather than admitting you can't follow my post because of a flaw on your end you try to make it out that you are smart and I'm an idiot, why not just pass as I have do desire to explain anything to a DipShit like yourself.
I assume you have no problem understanding this post.
What height will a chute open on Mars? If you can't answer that one all your replies will be treated like they are from a DipShit.
18V seems to be the standard for cordless tools, so 12V will fade out
Rather than admitting you can't follow my post because of a flaw on your end you try to make it out that you are smart and I'm an idiot, why not just pass as I have do desire to explain anything to a DipShit like yourself.
I assume you have no problem understanding this post.
What height will a chute open on Mars? If you can't answer that one all your replies will be treated like they are from a DipShit.
Solar panels and wind turbines aren’t made out of nothing. They are made out of metals, plastics, chemicals. These products have been mined out of the ground, transported, processed, manufactured. Each stage leaves behind a trail of devastation: habitat destruction, water contamination, colonization, toxic waste, slave labour, greenhouse gas emissions, wars, and corporate profits. “Renewables” can never replace fossil fuel infrastructure, as they are entirely dependent on it for their existence.
The Dystopian Lake Filled by the World’s Tech Lust
From where I'm standing, the city-sized Baogang Steel and Rare Earth complex dominates the horizon, its endless cooling towers and chimneys reaching up into grey, washed-out sky. Between it and me, stretching into the distance, lies an artificial lake filled with a black, barely-liquid, toxic sludge.
Dozens of pipes line the shore, churning out a torrent of thick, black, chemical waste from the refineries that surround the lake. The smell of sulphur and the roar of the pipes invades my senses. It feels like hell on Earth.
Welcome to Baotou, the largest industrial city in Inner Mongolia. I'm here with a group of architects and designers called the Unknown Fields Division, and this is the final stop on a three-week-long journey up the global supply chain, tracing back the route consumer goods take from China to our shops and homes, via container ships and factories.
You may not have heard of Baotou, but the mines and factories here help to keep our modern lives ticking. It is one of the world’s biggest suppliers of “rare earth” minerals. These elements can be found in everything from magnets in wind turbines and electric car motors, to the electronic guts of smartphones and flatscreen TVs. In 2009 China produced 95% of the world's supply of these elements, and it's estimated that the Bayan Obo mines just north of Baotou contain 70% of the world's reserves. But, as we would discover, at what cost?
More: getpocket.com/explore/item/the-dystopian-lake-filled-by-the-world-s-tech-lust
Dozens of pipes line the shore, churning out a torrent of thick, black, chemical waste from the refineries that surround the lake. The smell of sulphur and the roar of the pipes invades my senses. It feels like hell on Earth.
Welcome to Baotou, the largest industrial city in Inner Mongolia. I'm here with a group of architects and designers called the Unknown Fields Division, and this is the final stop on a three-week-long journey up the global supply chain, tracing back the route consumer goods take from China to our shops and homes, via container ships and factories.
You may not have heard of Baotou, but the mines and factories here help to keep our modern lives ticking. It is one of the world’s biggest suppliers of “rare earth” minerals. These elements can be found in everything from magnets in wind turbines and electric car motors, to the electronic guts of smartphones and flatscreen TVs. In 2009 China produced 95% of the world's supply of these elements, and it's estimated that the Bayan Obo mines just north of Baotou contain 70% of the world's reserves. But, as we would discover, at what cost?
More: getpocket.com/explore/item/the-dystopian-lake-filled-by-the-world-s-tech-lust
