> Batteries, solar panels, wind mills are all very hard to recycle
Everything the world creates is unprofitable to recycle except for aluminum soda cans. Compared to the average commercial waste, batteries, solar panels and wind blades are straightforward to recycle.
> Where's the talk about all the "rare earth minerals" that's going to have to be strip mined around the world to keep up with "clean energy"?
There's no talk because the commonly used batteries and solar panels don't contain any.
A lifepo4 battery consists of Lithium, Iron and Phosphate, all of which are abundant.
> about 8,000 will be removed in each of the next four years.
IOW, about 40,000 tonnes of waste. About the same amount of waste as a small town.
Everything the world creates is unprofitable to recycle except for aluminum soda cans. Compared to the average commercial waste, batteries, solar panels and wind blades are straightforward to recycle.
> Where's the talk about all the "rare earth minerals" that's going to have to be strip mined around the world to keep up with "clean energy"?
There's no talk because the commonly used batteries and solar panels don't contain any.
A lifepo4 battery consists of Lithium, Iron and Phosphate, all of which are abundant.
> about 8,000 will be removed in each of the next four years.
IOW, about 40,000 tonnes of waste. About the same amount of waste as a small town.