If you’ve ever been caught in a conversation (or to be prepared for one) in which people throw in your face how renewable energy is just as bad as fossil fuel energy because of the mining that is required, here’s an article that might help you stop the facile nonsense in its tracks. https://www.lyrebirddreaming.com/post/fossil-fuels-dig-far-more-than-renewables
Technology Connections did a big video on solar misinformation a few weeks back. This was one of his main points. Well worth watching if you haven’t.
https://youtu.be/KtQ9nt2ZeGM If you haven’t watched his stuff before It’s probably not the best introduction and the last 30mins pivots to US politics, but the first section is really solid. I like that his argument is almost solely based in economics and engineering, and not the environment. Because those are the areas where naysayers are constantly saying renewables don’t stack up. He’s directly talking to their economic interests and not trying to pull at their non-existent heart strings.
Thank you. I’ll check the video out.