Ep. 208 - Copper and Green Energy

There's a lot more that goes in to creating energy from wind and solar than just capturing some naturally occurring phenomena of Mother Earth. There's equipment involved, and that equipment requires resources...and those don't come without a cost. A pretty huge one to the planet, as it turns out. Check out this thread and follow along with me.

B.F. Randall ⚛ ⛏ ⚡ on Twitter: "COPPER🧵redux. I live near one of the largest copper mines on earth (Kennecott Utah Copper - KUC). I helped manage a smaller copper mine for 8 years. Observation: Wind/Solar/Battery Proponents & ESG bean-counters are completely out of touch with copper mining & production. https://t.co/F50u6rRxDp" / Twitter

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