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Who will tell the greens there is no battery fairy?
« on: February 28, 2021, 01:14:01 pm »

Who will tell the greens there is no battery fairy?

02/24/2021 / By News Editors

For the longest while I have been asking, “Where do environmentalists and Democrats think all these batteries for our oil-free transportation fleet are going to come from?” It seems they think there is a Battery Fairy out there somewhere who will magically supply the ginormous battery capacity, and additional supply of electricity to charge them, in order to deliver us to our blessed fossil-fuel-free future.

So kudos to Wired magazine on “The Spiraling Environmental Cost of our Lithium Battery Addiction,” which reminds us that there are, you know, tradeoffs between various kinds of energy systems we might use:

https://www.environ.news/2021-02-24-tell-the-greens-theres-no-batter-fairy.html
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Re: Who will tell the greens there is no battery fairy?
« Reply #1 on: February 28, 2021, 03:00:27 pm »
They are not interested in seeing how their sausage is made.  As long as it feeds their appetite for signaling their virtue and intellect, they are satisfied. 
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Re: Who will tell the greens there is no battery fairy?
« Reply #2 on: February 28, 2021, 03:09:09 pm »
Lots of good info in the linked "Wired" article:

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...In a recent paper in the journal Nature, Yushin and his co-authors argued that new battery technology needs to be developed that uses more common, and environmentally friendly materials to make batteries. Researchers are working on new battery chemistries that replace cobalt and lithium with more common and less toxic materials.

But, if new batteries are less energy dense or more expensive than lithium, they could end up having a negative effect on the environment overall. “Assessing and reducing the environmental cost is a more complex issue than it initially appears,” says Valimaki. “For example, a less durable, yet more sustainable device could entail a larger carbon footprint once your factor in transportation and the extra packaging required.”...

The spiralling environmental cost of our lithium battery addiction
https://www.wired.co.uk/article/lithium-batteries-environment-impact?fbclid=IwAR2xqU3xKobB0E8SrU99RyB8JPYFaHUYttjGq-Ww0I8sYUut08BcWdRH5N8
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Re: Who will tell the greens there is no battery fairy?
« Reply #3 on: February 28, 2021, 04:13:40 pm »
If there's only one thing the eco-fascists refuse to do, that's letting reality intrude on their wet dreams.
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Re: Who will tell the greens there is no battery fairy?
« Reply #4 on: February 28, 2021, 06:01:53 pm »
Wanna REALLY scare them?

Tell them there is going to be a shortage of the AAA batteries they use to power their "personal devices".
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Re: Who will tell the greens there is no battery fairy?
« Reply #5 on: February 28, 2021, 07:32:02 pm »
Quote from: sneakypete on February 28, 2021, 06:01:53 pm
Wanna REALLY scare them?

Tell them there is going to be a shortage of the AAA batteries they use to power their "personal devices".

Indeed.  I buy those suckers by the 60-pack.
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Re: Who will tell the greens there is no battery fairy?
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Quote from: Cyber Liberty on February 28, 2021, 07:32:02 pm
Indeed.  I buy those suckers by the 60-pack.
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You either misunderstood my reference to "personal devices",or you have a VERY active "home life".
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Re: Who will tell the greens there is no battery fairy?
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Quote from: sneakypete on March 01, 2021, 01:16:08 am
Indeed.  I buy those suckers by the 60-pack.
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You either misunderstood my reference to "personal devices",or you have a VERY active "home life".

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One of them thar.
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Re: Who will tell the greens there is no battery fairy?
« Reply #8 on: March 01, 2021, 02:45:35 pm »
Quote from: sneakypete on February 28, 2021, 06:01:53 pm
Wanna REALLY scare them?

Tell them there is going to be a shortage of the AAA batteries they use to power their "personal devices".

AOC's doesn't use AAA's.

DieHard and a pull starter.
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Re: Who will tell the greens there is no battery fairy?
« Reply #9 on: March 01, 2021, 11:52:17 pm »
Quote from: andy58-in-nh on March 01, 2021, 02:45:35 pm
AOC's doesn't use AAA's.

DieHard and a pull starter.

I think you might want to read the thread about why "we'll never learn the truth about the Texas power shortage...."
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