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If we accept, and most do, a world powered by clean energy is a good thing, then we must also accept no energy is clean. Steel for turbines cannot be made using wind power, it needs coking coal, low carbon but still an emitter. The vast majority of lithium for batteries is excavated by explosives and diesel powered excavators etc. China and Australia are the largest miners and they produce together in the region of 120k tonnes per annum. Lithium from brine is significantly less but still requires fossil fuels to process.
So, if everyone stopped going "full Greta" and realised there is a balance to be had in terms of energy provision, we'd be in a much better place. Eventually everyone will realise that the only sure and stable method of power generation is Nuclear.
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