Just Have a Think | Have we got enough minerals? @JustHaveaThink | Uploaded July 2023 | Updated October 2024, 11 hours ago.
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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(Spoiler alert - Answers to this weeks title description quiz: A : No, B : Yes)
Research Links
Dr Euan McTurk - Plug Life Consulting :
YouTube : youtube.com/@PlugLifeTelevision
Website: pluglifetelevision.co.uk
Clean Technica article : Michael Barnard
cleantechnica.com/2023/02/13/why-arent-energy-flows-diagrams-used-more-to-inform-decarbonization
GTK Assessment Paper - Simon Michaux
tupa.gtk.fi/raportti/arkisto/42_2021.pdf?ref=ageoftransformation.org
Age of Transformation article : Nafeez Ahmed
ageoftransformation.org/energy-transformation-wont-be-derailed-by-lack-of-raw-materials
Rethinking Climate Change : RethinkX
rethinkx.com/climate-implications
EROI Paper - Murphy et al
mdpi.com/2071-1050/14/12/7098/htm?ref=ageoftransformation.org
EROI Paper - Diesendorf et al
sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0921800919320543
EROI Paper -Bhandari et al (paywall protected)
sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S136403211500146X?ref=ageoftransformation.org
EROI Paper - Arvesen / Hertwich
sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0301421514006338
Final Energy Return Analysis - Brockway et al ( paywall protected)
nature.com/articles/s41560-019-0425-z?ref=ageoftransformation.org
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
nrel.gov/docs/fy22osti/81277.pdf
NREL Supply Side analysis
nrel.gov/docs/fy22osti/81644.pdf
Vehicle to Grid analysis - Xu et al
nature.com/articles/s41467-022-35393-0
Pumped Hydro Drone Footage
youtube.com/watch?v=qAh-18V5QKA
Pumped hydro animation
youtube.com/watch?v=gagnufw4Dcw
United Nations - Air pollution
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.
climatechange.behaviordevelopmentsolutions.com/just-have-a-think-jhat
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zentouro: youtube.com/user/zentouro
Climate Adam: youtube.com/user/ClimateAdam
Kurtis Baute: youtube.com/user/ScopeofScience
Levi Hildebrand: youtube.com/user/The100LH
Simon Clark: youtube.com/user/SimonOxfPhys
Sarah Karvner: youtube.com/channel/UCRwMkTu8sCwOOD6_7QYrZnw
Rollie Williams / ClimateTown: youtube.com/channel/UCuVLG9pThvBABcYCm7pkNkA
Jack Harries: youtube.com/user/JacksGap
Beckisphere: youtube.com/channel/UCT39HQq5eDKonaUV8ujiBCQ
Our Changing Climate : youtube.com/channel/UCNXvxXpDJXp-mZu3pFMzYHQ
Engineering With Rosie youtube.com/c/EngineeringwithRosie
Ella Gilbert youtube.com/c/DrGilbz
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Our Eden youtube.com/@OurEden
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'?
Help support this channels independence at
patreon.com/justhaveathink
Or with a donation via Paypal by clicking here
paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=GWR73EHXGJMAE&source=url
You can also help keep my brain ticking over during the long hours of research and editing via the nice folks at BuyMeACoffee.com
buymeacoffee.com/justhaveathink
Video Transcripts available at our website
justhaveathink.com
(Spoiler alert - Answers to this weeks title description quiz: A : No, B : Yes)
Research Links
Dr Euan McTurk - Plug Life Consulting :
YouTube : youtube.com/@PlugLifeTelevision
Website: pluglifetelevision.co.uk
Clean Technica article : Michael Barnard
cleantechnica.com/2023/02/13/why-arent-energy-flows-diagrams-used-more-to-inform-decarbonization
GTK Assessment Paper - Simon Michaux
tupa.gtk.fi/raportti/arkisto/42_2021.pdf?ref=ageoftransformation.org
Age of Transformation article : Nafeez Ahmed
ageoftransformation.org/energy-transformation-wont-be-derailed-by-lack-of-raw-materials
Rethinking Climate Change : RethinkX
rethinkx.com/climate-implications
EROI Paper - Murphy et al
mdpi.com/2071-1050/14/12/7098/htm?ref=ageoftransformation.org
EROI Paper - Diesendorf et al
sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0921800919320543
EROI Paper -Bhandari et al (paywall protected)
sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S136403211500146X?ref=ageoftransformation.org
EROI Paper - Arvesen / Hertwich
sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0301421514006338
Final Energy Return Analysis - Brockway et al ( paywall protected)
nature.com/articles/s41560-019-0425-z?ref=ageoftransformation.org
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
nrel.gov/docs/fy22osti/81277.pdf
NREL Supply Side analysis
nrel.gov/docs/fy22osti/81644.pdf
Vehicle to Grid analysis - Xu et al
nature.com/articles/s41467-022-35393-0
Pumped Hydro Drone Footage
youtube.com/watch?v=qAh-18V5QKA
Pumped hydro animation
youtube.com/watch?v=gagnufw4Dcw
United Nations - Air pollution
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.
climatechange.behaviordevelopmentsolutions.com/just-have-a-think-jhat
Check out other YouTube Climate Communicators
zentouro: youtube.com/user/zentouro
Climate Adam: youtube.com/user/ClimateAdam
Kurtis Baute: youtube.com/user/ScopeofScience
Levi Hildebrand: youtube.com/user/The100LH
Simon Clark: youtube.com/user/SimonOxfPhys
Sarah Karvner: youtube.com/channel/UCRwMkTu8sCwOOD6_7QYrZnw
Rollie Williams / ClimateTown: youtube.com/channel/UCuVLG9pThvBABcYCm7pkNkA
Jack Harries: youtube.com/user/JacksGap
Beckisphere: youtube.com/channel/UCT39HQq5eDKonaUV8ujiBCQ
Our Changing Climate : youtube.com/channel/UCNXvxXpDJXp-mZu3pFMzYHQ
Engineering With Rosie youtube.com/c/EngineeringwithRosie
Ella Gilbert youtube.com/c/DrGilbz
Planet Proof youtube.com/channel/UCdtF58iBRQ2C3QPeKKzxwiA
Our Eden youtube.com/@OurEden
