Renewables need minerals
Posted: 11th October 2022
Posted on October 9, 2022 by beyondnuclearinternational
Can their pollution and public health challenges be overcome?
By Linda Pentz Gunter
We are now both on the path to — and amidst the crisis of — resolving our past greed and irresponsibility in the energy and transport sector. But few, if any, human industries are without a carbon footprint. This has made the climb out of our carbon-intensive paradigm all the harder.
Consequently, our first imperative — in order to do as little current or future environmental harm as possible — is to focus on solutions that have the lowest carbon footprint and environmental and human impact. This puts conservation at the pinnacle of our priorities, followed by energy efficiency.