@joaoestrangeiro @EdConwaySky But new areas, never before mined, will be destroyed. Is there any point in destroying our environment and biodiversity to 'save the world'? https://t.co/64RLwJOQ8f
@SosquizO @EdConwaySky And many are more viable mined than the cost of recycling. https://t.co/64RLwJOQ8f
@15Cranes @EdConwaySky But the new mining will be in pristine, currently unmined areas. Let's not destroy the environment and biodiversity to save the world. https://t.co/64RLwJOQ8f
@JacobLBrown @EdConwaySky But the mining for renewables will be in pristine areas not previously mined. Let's not destroy our environment and biodiversity to 'save the world'. https://t.co/64RLwJOQ8f Instead, replace every coal/gas plant with a nuclear pla
@DaveONewcastle All of which speeds up with the massive increase in mining for critical minerals required to make renewables. Low-density energy will not save the world, it will destroy it. https://t.co/64RLwJOQ8f
@Shug_247 @ljd216 And then rebuild/replace every 20 years (15 for batteries). Let's not destroy the environment & biodiversity to 'save the world'. https://t.co/64RLwK6Zmn
@Zoppy_McZop @ljd216 But destroying the environment and biodiversity to 'save the world' seems counterproductive. https://t.co/64RLwK6Zmn
@dreamcheese6 @steveturtle @Bradstr01 @zdaniel Because any other mine (for critical minerals) will be more attractive? https://t.co/64RLwJOQ8f
@roobar99 @liber8SA @SquizzSTK How do you 'invest' in more RE without mining more critical minerals?https://t.co/64RLwJOQ8f
@AlexandreTichit @fmbreon Les batteries (pour les transports et EnR), c'est pas trop bon pour la biodiversité https://t.co/39hHGqiRKN
@skhodgskin @ziontree Digging stuff out of the ground? Are you wearing a blindfold, unwilling to understand the massive expansion of mining for critical minerals for renewables? https://t.co/64RLwK6Zmn
@MichaelGravener @ziontree Renewables are not good for the environment or biodiversity. https://t.co/64RLwK6Zmn
Existen estudios que muestran que, sin planificación estratégica, el aumento en la extracción de minerales para las energías renovables exacerbaría aún más las amenazas contra la biodiversidad. https://t.co/pq0o8WwbPI
@TroyPSimpson @judyvw2 Acting on climate change is important. Not as important as not destroying our environment and biodiversity doing the wrong way. https://t.co/64RLwJOQ8f
@MyFirstCousin I would prefer that we did not destroy the environment and biodiversity to 'save the world'. https://t.co/64RLwJOQ8f
@henayuanxiang11 @GrayConnolly Or we can, but at what cost to the environment and biodiversity? https://t.co/64RLwJOQ8f
@kj12toe @AlboMP People who support renewables targets rather than emission reduction targets will destroy the environment and biodiversity...but I am sure they feel all warm and fuzzy in their EVs. https://t.co/64RLwJOQ8f
RT @cat240359: @JoeSmit05465144 @AdamBandt If we had nuclear power, renewables would not be needed except in niche, remote situations. Why…
RT @cat240359: @JoeSmit05465144 @AdamBandt If we had nuclear power, renewables would not be needed except in niche, remote situations. Why…
RT @cat240359: @JoeSmit05465144 @AdamBandt If we had nuclear power, renewables would not be needed except in niche, remote situations. Why…
RT @cat240359: @JoeSmit05465144 @AdamBandt If we had nuclear power, renewables would not be needed except in niche, remote situations. Why…
RT @cat240359: @JoeSmit05465144 @AdamBandt If we had nuclear power, renewables would not be needed except in niche, remote situations. Why…
RT @cat240359: @JoeSmit05465144 @AdamBandt If we had nuclear power, renewables would not be needed except in niche, remote situations. Why…
@JoeSmit05465144 @AdamBandt If we had nuclear power, renewables would not be needed except in niche, remote situations. Why do you think the RE investors are so against nuclear power? And why would you want to destroy the environment and biodiversity? http
@mikerawl @jefftonna1 @AdamBandt We won't need energy if we destroy the environment and biodiversity by mining for critical minerals to build renewables. https://t.co/64RLwK6Zmn
@Treich1Angelika @LukeSkystyler @beneltham The Greens obviously don't care about the environment or biodiversity: https://t.co/64RLwJOQ8f
RT @cat240359: Let's not destroy our environment and biodiversity to 'save the world'. https://t.co/64RLwJOQ8f
Let's not destroy our environment and biodiversity to 'save the world'. https://t.co/64RLwJOQ8f
@drvolts I somehow got it in my head that many metals like tellurium are essential to the production of a single PV panel. What are some of the unintended consequences of shifting to PV? Along the lines of https://t.co/bk8tlzzY5u
@pottsville76 @AlboMP I don't want to keep coal. I want to see every coal plant replaced with a nuclear plant on the same (brownfield) sites. The option is too awful to contemplate for the environment/biodiversity. https://t.co/64RLwJOQ8f
@pottsville76 @AlboMP Do you understand how expensive battery storage is? Do you understand that batteries are recommended for replacement every 15 years? Do you understand the damage to the environment/biodiversity from massively increased mining for crit
@shieldmaiden69 @SkyNewsAust @PCKJ3627 Voters think they want renewables because they have been sold a small, clean, beautiful image. But the reality is the opposite. https://t.co/64RLwK6Zmn
@DJ198733 @SkyNewsAust You know what is harmful to the environment and biodiversity? Mining in pristine locations never mined before. https://t.co/64RLwK6Zmn
@McguinThe @AapFactcheck @Kynes99 I have no doubt that miners love the idea of renewables. But I would prefer to not destroy the environment and biodiversity to 'save the world'. https://t.co/64RLwK6Zmn
When renewable energy really isn’t. #green #renewableenergy Renewable energy production will exacerbate mining threats to biodiversity | Nature Communications https://t.co/2mTuLbHBR5
RT @cat240359: @antonioguterres @Michtull Let's not destroy the environment and biodiversity to 'save the world'. https://t.co/64RLwJOQ8f
@fehowarth Because mining for building renewables destroys the environment and they aren't very good at reducing emissions? https://t.co/64RLwJOQ8f
@antonioguterres @Michtull Let's not destroy the environment and biodiversity to 'save the world'. https://t.co/64RLwJOQ8f
@WalkrXY @elonmusk “without strategic planning, these new threats to biodiversity may surpass those averted by climate change mitigation.” And in my experience, there’s no strategic planning when profits are the primary motive. https://t.co/V73vLf43Zt
@C_civy ça a un bon potentiel de pollution, oui. https://t.co/39hHGqiRKN
@Stonecottages @anoman64 @manjusrii Our coal plants are already connected to the grid. That is why building nuclear plants on the same sites would negate the need for new transmission. Mining for RE is more destructive than anything else, unless you don't
RT @barissanli: Yenilenebilir teknoloji ve altyapı için kritik maden alanları. https://t.co/CjH34tO5ED https://t.co/6Y1J9X28qu
RT @rescodedios: @StephenCorrySvl @EdRojasBr @DrMariaNeira @Teresaribera @WHO @MomsDemand Yes, that’s my point. I was asking because my imp…
@PaperBundle @manjusrii And ignore the destruction to the environment and biodiversity to have that? https://t.co/64RLwJOQ8f
@manjusrii Then the mining in pristine areas never before mined: https://t.co/64RLwJOQ8f
@gasugasu1984 Like destroying pristine environments & their biodiversity to 'save the world' with renewables? I agree. But there is another option. https://t.co/64RLwJOQ8f
RT @rescodedios: @StephenCorrySvl @EdRojasBr @DrMariaNeira @Teresaribera @WHO @MomsDemand Yes, that’s my point. I was asking because my imp…
@StephenCorrySvl @EdRojasBr @DrMariaNeira @Teresaribera @WHO @MomsDemand Yes, that’s my point. I was asking because my impression is that the conclusions from this paper on PV impacts thru mining also hold for social aspects associated with mining and heal
Given that mining has been a larger threat to bird diversity than climate change, will vehicle electrification be a net loss for biodiversity, particularly given it will happen in some of the world's most diverse regions? Down the rabbit hole... https://t
@orpheuseurydice @mattytrader @mattjcan Check out Germany extending brown coal mines. They have spent billions on RE and it has failured. I understand people wish that wind and solar can replace coal/gas, but it just isn't possible without destroying the e
RT @barissanli: Yenilenebilir teknoloji ve altyapı için kritik maden alanları. https://t.co/CjH34tO5ED https://t.co/6Y1J9X28qu
RT @barissanli: Yenilenebilir teknoloji ve altyapı için kritik maden alanları. https://t.co/CjH34tO5ED https://t.co/6Y1J9X28qu
Yenilenebilir teknoloji ve altyapı için kritik maden alanları. https://t.co/CjH34tO5ED https://t.co/6Y1J9X28qu
RT @CJHarvey56: Solar- short life? 25 years and increasing every year. Batteries , huge improvements in efficiencies. You are simply incorr…
RT @CJHarvey56: Solar- short life? 25 years and increasing every year. Batteries , huge improvements in efficiencies. You are simply incorr…
Solar- short life? 25 years and increasing every year. Batteries , huge improvements in efficiencies. You are simply incorrect about short life of renewables.
@CottonPru @CJHarvey56 @PeterDutton_MP @AlboMP But they are not cheaper once you have to spend $118b on storage (AEMO 59GW) and $20b on extending the grid so they can connect or even the cost of keeping gas as backup (as AEMO does in its ISP). And wind/sol
@JohnHam74941607 @SkyNewsAust Essential Poll runs this one every year. Every year nuclear gets a bit more support. It could be that people are now seeing the magnitude and damage to the environment & biodiversity that come with attempting to replace co
RT @peterkinvara: Pertinent for a country such as Ireland, where the house is being bet on offshore wind. "Renewable energy production will…
RT @peterkinvara: Pertinent for a country such as Ireland, where the house is being bet on offshore wind. "Renewable energy production will…
RT @peterkinvara: Pertinent for a country such as Ireland, where the house is being bet on offshore wind. "Renewable energy production will…
Pertinent for a country such as Ireland, where the house is being bet on offshore wind. "Renewable energy production will exacerbate mining threats to biodiversity" https://t.co/h5HqcLIWvJ
@ClimateBen Let's not destroy the world, our environment and biodiversity, to 'save the world'. https://t.co/64RLwJOQ8f
@trelisemcbain Yes, many other areas of pollution need work. My concern is covering Australia in turbines and panels and a spider's web of new transmission lines. All of which require new mining in currently pristine environments. https://t.co/64RLwK6Zmn
@lackshu @DanielAndrewsMP @AlboMP What am I talking about? Destroying our environment and biodiversity to 'save the world' [for humans]. No, you can't have your cake & eat it too, if you think renewables can run our grid (relative capacity factors all
@gregoryd068 @DanielAndrewsMP @AlboMP If you choose renewables the choice will be between "action on climate' or 'the environment', you can't have both. https://t.co/64RLwK6Zmn Not that people who live in cities seem to care what happens to the environment
@bogwog68 @DAVEWILLISON1 Do they? How much of the world's environment and biodiversity are you willing to see destroyed to "make a better planet"? https://t.co/64RLwK6Zmn I know they don't care, do you?
@TheAusInstitute @AdamBandt @RichieMerzian @ebony_bennett Let's not destroy the environment and biodiversity to 'save the world': https://t.co/64RLwK6Zmn
@markmorey5 Raw materials. More lithium going to EV batteries. Price has also increased as frequently in the US. Increased mining (to meet demand) is going to be a problem for the environment. https://t.co/64RLwK6Zmn
RT @kanahaukkarinen: @ipeltonen "Mining threats to biodiversity will increase as more mines target materials for renewable energy productio…
@MatthewToad42 @martinrev21 “.. generating the required technologies and infrastructure will drive an increase in the production of many metals, creating new mining threats for biodiversity.” https://t.co/ZbwpzfclOW
RT @martinrev21: No- #renewables will not save us- As always- it comes down to the unsustainable scale of the human economy... at a certai…
RT @martinrev21: No- #renewables will not save us- As always- it comes down to the unsustainable scale of the human economy... at a certai…
RT @martinrev21: No- #renewables will not save us- As always- it comes down to the unsustainable scale of the human economy... at a certai…
RT @cat240359: @martinrev21 @sharonclues https://t.co/64RLwK6Zmn Let's not 'save the world' (for humans) by destroying our environment and…
RT @martinrev21: No- #renewables will not save us- As always- it comes down to the unsustainable scale of the human economy... at a certai…