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2026-04-17 06:17 UTC
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@kravietz@agora.echelon.pl 2026-04-17 06:40
@anderesu@masto.es Uranium mining has the same environmental impact as rare earths mining for magnets and other electronics and allloys used in wind and PV - as a matter of fact they are often mined together because they are present in the same ores :) @GhostOnTheHalfShell@masto.ai @sgued@pouet.chapril.org
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@GhostOnTheHalfShell@masto.ai 2026-04-17 08:51
@anderesu@masto.es @kravietz@agora.echelon.pl @sgued@pouet.chapril.org Wind turbines use up a lot of steel and concrete. The principal work of Michaux is studying the amount of resources it would take to build out a complete replacement for all the things oil and natural gas provide. He is largely focusing on energy in the discussion there. You need copper, steel and concrete for the power grid. We don’t have the material resources on the planet to do it.