Missouri S&T professor: Green energy increases the need for mining and metals production
Green Car Congress
JULY 14, 2021
Clean energy may mean less mining for coal, but it also means opening or expanding mines to unearth minerals such as cobalt for use in alloys and batteries, tellurium for solar cells and semiconductors, and germanium for transistors in electronic devices. So, we’re going to have to bring on new mines to meet the demand. —Michael Moats.
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