Fossil Fuels are a Hell of a Lot More Sustainable Than Wind and Solar

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https://twitter.com/WBrettWilson/status/1506679137934618628

[Anonymous]

https://twitter.com/WBrettWilson/status/1506679137934618628

I like old Wilson.

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"This is missing the line above riggers > so I'll improvise



"THESE MEN PRODUCE THE  DIESEL FUEL FOR MY TRUCK"

https://twitter.com/WBrettWilson/status/1506679137934618628

[Anonymous]

"This is missing the line above riggers > so I'll improvise

The upper one is a hell of a lot more environmentally friendly as well as being morally superior.

[Anonymous]

https://financialpost.com/commodities/energy/oil-gas/indonesia-tycoons-firm-to-spend-500-million-on-canada-lng-plan-amid-supply-crunch

An energy company backed by Indonesian tycoon Sukanto Tanoto plans to spend US$500 million this year on a long-planned liquefied natural gas project in Canada, the clearest signal yet that it may move ahead with an LNG export facility on the country's west coast.



Woodfibre LNG, backed by Tanoto's Pacific Energy Corp., has yet to formally announce an investment decision. But Woodfibre President Christine Kennedy gave the spending details to local government officials in Squamish, British Columbia, on Tuesday. The US$500 million figure is 31 per cent of the expected US$1.6 billion total cost of the project. A copy of Kennedy's presentation was obtained by Bloomberg.



Woodfibre's plan follows Shell Plc's decision to build the much-larger $40 billion LNG Canada project in Kitimat, British Columbia, which is 60 per cent complete and scheduled to start operating by the middle of the decade.



Woodfibre is licensed to export about 2.1 million metric tons a year of gas chilled to a liquid so it can be shipped to faraway destinations on special tankers. The decision to boost spending comes as European countries scramble to find alternatives to Russian gas and cut the continent's dependence on the energy-producing giant following Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine.

[Gaon]

I recently started reading Rebel News. They have some information that other news sources will not cover, such as this.



Lithium prices continue to skyrocket as supply unable to meet demand

The West's efforts to create a low-carbon future through the introduction of electric vehicles will bear a heavy cost as demand soars for lithium carbonate, which is used in manufacturing EV batteries and other low-carbon energy resources like solar panels.



he price of lithium, a key component in the production of electric car batteries, has surged by nearly 500% since last year, with supply unable to meet the demand for the rare earth metal.



The West's efforts to create a low-carbon future through the introduction of electric vehicles will bear a heavy cost as demand soars for lithium carbonate, which is used in manufacturing EV batteries and other low-carbon energy resources like solar panels.



In addition to costing almost 500% year-over-year, the price has jumped 95% in 2022 alone, Benchmark Mineral Intelligence, a price reporting agency reported that battery-grade lithium-carbonate averages at $76,700 a ton in mid-March. At the same time last year, the rare earth traded at a mere $13,400 a ton.



Blaze News reports that Benchmark based its findings on reports from China, noting that the prices are not going to improve in the short term due to continued low inventory levels. China is a major producer of the rare earth and constitutes nearly 20% of the world's supply.



Amid the war in Ukraine, nickel, another metal that serves as a key component in EV batteries, has seen a massive price surge, with prices doubling in less than a day on March 8, CNBC reported. While prices have stabilized, nickel remains at an inflated cost.



Russia is the third-largest producer of nickel.

https://www.rebelnews.com/lithium_prices_continue_to_skyrocket_as_supply_unable_to_meet_demand

[Thiel]

The U.S. oil and gas industry needs a "Marshall plan" to boost gas production, according to the chief executive of JP Morgan, Jamie Dimon, who recommended this approach to the White House, Axios reported this week.

[Anonymous]

I saw something interesting on Global News........LNG evaporates when it spills, so there is little to no danger from a spill.

[Anonymous]

I saw something interesting on Global News........LNG evaporates when it spills, so there is little to no danger from a spill.

Strange, that isn't on Greenpeace's website.

[Anonymous]

Another dirty little secret about wind turbines.

Unbridled Bird Slaughter: Wind Turbines Wiping Out Australia's Iconic Dancing Brolga



A 60m long wind turbine blade tip travelling at 350 kph makes short work of birds and bats – smashing Eagles to smithereens and slicing Brolgas to ribbons is all part of our 'inevitable' renewable energy transition.



The Australian Brolga (a member of crane family) is a majestic creature known for its intricate, paired dance moves and devoted pairing when raising chicks.



In south-west Victoria, there are around 500 remaining Brolgas, but their chances of survival are becoming slimmer by the day.



Carpeted with hundreds of wind turbines, and more being added daily, their breeding grounds have become the avian slaughter yards that anyone with half a brain could have foreseen.





Hamish Cumming, a local farmer and environmentalist, has been, without doubt, the Brolga's best and most effective defender. For his troubles, he's been smeared and ridiculed by lunatics from the hard green left over the last decade.



His campaign has been a lonely one, with most so-called 'environmental' groups staying quiet and Victoria's Environment Department doing everything in its power to destroy Hamish's reputation, bury the evidence and otherwise protect the wind industry.



Now, finally, Birdlife Australia has entered the fray, with an attack on the so-called 'standards' said to protect Brolga from the wind turbines that continue to destroy them.

https://stopthesethings.com/2022/03/25/unbridled-bird-slaughter-wind-turbines-wiping-out-australias-iconic-dancing-brolga/

[Anonymous]

Wait until they start mining fragile ecosystems to feed the electric car boondoggle.



To meet its clean energy goals, the US might go mining in the rainforest

https://www.theblaze.com/news/to-meet-its-clean-energy-goals-the-us-might-go-mining-in-the-rainforest



The United States is in a mad dash to usher in the era of green energy as it works to increase its lithium reserves and reduce dependency on fossil fuels.



However, in order to reach its clean energy goals, the U.S. is going to need far more lithium than it currently has in its possession, PBS reported.



However, in order for the U.S. to grow its mineral reserves so that it can produce green technology, it must participate in an extraction process that is wildly unclean and faces challenges from environmentalists, indigenous peoples interest groups, and burdensome government regulations.



There is also the issue that there is only one active lithium mine in the continental U.S. — despite lithium reserves being abundant across the globe. The lithium available in this Nevada mine reportedly isn't enough to meet the growing amount required to develop rechargeable lithium-ion batteries commonly found in electric vehicles.



In order to increase lithium production, the U.S. must either expand mining and processing operations in places like Chile — home to the world's largest known lithium reserves — which could involve the removal and destruction of parts of the Chilean rainforest — or expand its domestic production efforts, which would require open-pit mining or brine extraction to force the lithium-rich brine to the surface.



Either way, activist groups like the far-left Sierra Club have warned that increased lithium production efforts run the risk of harming lands sacred to indigenous peoples and endangering fragile ecosystems that are home to some of the world's rarest and most endangered species.



However, Glenn Miller, emeritus professor of environmental sciences at the University of Nevada, suggested that increased lithium production efforts could, in the long run, be better for the environment by reducing global dependency on fossil fuel-burning cars.



He said, "A domestic source has tremendous value. Then we can do things that only China is doing with production."



The Biden administration has planned for 500,000 EV charging stations to be erected throughout the country as one of its infrastructure goals. This, and the administration's push for more American companies to produce and more American citizens to purchase EVs, will require a substantial amount of lithium.

[Thiel]

Wait until they start mining fragile ecosystems to feed the electric car boondoggle.



To meet its clean energy goals, the US might go mining in the rainforest

https://www.theblaze.com/news/to-meet-its-clean-energy-goals-the-us-might-go-mining-in-the-rainforest



The United States is in a mad dash to usher in the era of green energy as it works to increase its lithium reserves and reduce dependency on fossil fuels.



However, in order to reach its clean energy goals, the U.S. is going to need far more lithium than it currently has in its possession, PBS reported.



However, in order for the U.S. to grow its mineral reserves so that it can produce green technology, it must participate in an extraction process that is wildly unclean and faces challenges from environmentalists, indigenous peoples interest groups, and burdensome government regulations.



There is also the issue that there is only one active lithium mine in the continental U.S. — despite lithium reserves being abundant across the globe. The lithium available in this Nevada mine reportedly isn't enough to meet the growing amount required to develop rechargeable lithium-ion batteries commonly found in electric vehicles.



In order to increase lithium production, the U.S. must either expand mining and processing operations in places like Chile — home to the world's largest known lithium reserves — which could involve the removal and destruction of parts of the Chilean rainforest — or expand its domestic production efforts, which would require open-pit mining or brine extraction to force the lithium-rich brine to the surface.



Either way, activist groups like the far-left Sierra Club have warned that increased lithium production efforts run the risk of harming lands sacred to indigenous peoples and endangering fragile ecosystems that are home to some of the world's rarest and most endangered species.



However, Glenn Miller, emeritus professor of environmental sciences at the University of Nevada, suggested that increased lithium production efforts could, in the long run, be better for the environment by reducing global dependency on fossil fuel-burning cars.



He said, "A domestic source has tremendous value. Then we can do things that only China is doing with production."



The Biden administration has planned for 500,000 EV charging stations to be erected throughout the country as one of its infrastructure goals. This, and the administration's push for more American companies to produce and more American citizens to purchase EVs, will require a substantial amount of lithium.

Rain forests are nature's carbon capture and sequestration.

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Fun Lithium Facts



    Lithium is the lightest metal.

    Lithium has the lowest density of any metal. ...

    Lithium is a shiny, soft metal which reacts violently with water forming a strong corrosive base. ...

    Lithium burns with a bright red color. ...

    Lithium is used extensively in rechargeable batteries.

[Anonymous]

Fun Lithium Facts



    Lithium is the lightest metal.

    Lithium has the lowest density of any metal. ...

    Lithium is a shiny, soft metal which reacts violently with water forming a strong corrosive base. ...

    Lithium burns with a bright red color. ...

    Lithium is used extensively in rechargeable batteries.

[Anonymous]

Reality folks. So called green technologies are more raw material intensive than fossil fuels.