Have we got enough minerals?

Will batteries for hundreds of millions of future electric vehicles rob the planet of all its precious minerals? And what about all the minerals and materials for billions of wind turbines and solar panels? Can our planet really cope with the transition away from fossil fuels and will that transition really be ’sustainable’? Help support this channels independence at Or with a donation via Paypal by clicking here You can also help keep my brain ticking over during the long hours of research and editing via the nice folks at Video Transcripts available at our website (Spoiler alert - Answers to this weeks title description quiz: A : No, B : Yes) Research Links Dr Euan McTurk - Plug Life Consulting : YouTube : @PlugLifeTelevision Website: Clean Technica article : Michael Barnard GTK Assessment Paper - Simon Michaux Age of Transformation article : Nafeez Ahmed Rethinking Climate Change : RethinkX EROI Paper - Murphy et al EROI Paper - Diesendorf et al EROI Paper -Bhandari et al (paywall protected) EROI Paper - Arvesen / Hertwich Final Energy Return Analysis - Brockway et al ( paywall protected) Australian National University - pumped hydro paper Low-cost renewable electricity as the key driver of the global energy transition towards sustainability : Bogdanov et al #share=g-d39a5688446926d55bf059716f828959 NREL - US Pumped Hydro NREL Supply Side analysis Vehicle to Grid analysis - Xu et al Pumped Hydro Drone Footage Pumped hydro animation United Nations - Air pollution WHO - Air pollution #tab=tab_1 Center for Behavior and Climate. Check out other YouTube Climate Communicators zentouro: Climate Adam: Kurtis Baute: Levi Hildebrand: Simon Clark: Sarah Karvner: Rollie Williams / ClimateTown: Jack Harries: Beckisphere: Our Changing Climate : Engineering With Rosie Ella Gilbert Planet Proof Our Eden @OurEden