Contemplating a Future Without Mining: A Return to the Neolithic?
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The concept of 'renewables' inherently relies on mining, a practice currently intensified by the unsustainable use of fossil fuels. Despite this, proponents of green technologies maintain a vision that we can transition the extraction of critical minerals to electric methods, thereby perpetuating our existing civilizational model under a guise of sustainability. However, this perspective significantly underestimates the complexities and real challenges involved, diverging sharply from a genuinely sustainable trajectory.
Contemplating a Future Without Mining: A Return to the Neolithic?
Contemplating a Future Without Mining: A…
Contemplating a Future Without Mining: A Return to the Neolithic?
The concept of 'renewables' inherently relies on mining, a practice currently intensified by the unsustainable use of fossil fuels. Despite this, proponents of green technologies maintain a vision that we can transition the extraction of critical minerals to electric methods, thereby perpetuating our existing civilizational model under a guise of sustainability. However, this perspective significantly underestimates the complexities and real challenges involved, diverging sharply from a genuinely sustainable trajectory.