Extracted
by Ugo Bardi · first published 2014
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"As we dig, drill, and excavate to unearth the planet's mineral bounty, the resources we exploit from ores, veins, seams, and wells are gradually becoming exhausted. Mineral treasures that took millions, or even billions, of years to form are now being squandered in just centuries--or sometimes just decades. Will there come a time when we actually run out of minerals? Debates already soar over how we are going to obtain energy without oil, coal, and gas. But what about the other mineral losses we face? Without metals, and semiconductors, how are we going to keep our industrial system running?
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…correct. In fact, they never will be depleted. Same with the oil. Most of the oil that is still in the ground will stay there. "These forecasts are made possible by assuming the limit on the amount of oil extracted is the amount of oil in the ground. In fact, the limit is likely to be a financial (debt) limit that comes much sooner." https://ourfiniteworld.com/2014/01/13/why-eia-iea-and-rander... Please also see: Extracted:…
on “The Limits to Growth (1972) [pdf]” ↗https://www.amazon.com/Extracted-Mineral-Wealth-Plundering-P...
on “A request to drill for lithium near Death Valley” ↗…minerals (Vidal, Goffé, & Arndt, 2013). Greatly increased use of RE, especially wind and solar, will require similar increases in many rare minerals (Bardi, 2014)." This is a reference to Ugo Bardi's book "Extracted: How the Quest for Mineral Wealth Is Plundering the Planet." I don't doubt that Bardi has made such statements in his book. He'd be far from the first to propagate this nonsense. Wind turbines and solar…
on “We Are the Threat: Reflections on Near-Term Human Extinction” ↗