- America’s electric grid is in dire need of a makeover.
- While the Inflation Reduction Act has promised a lot of money into renewable energy and electric vehicle infrastructure projects, more focus needs to be placed on America’s ailing grid.
- Without much-needed upgrades to the grid, both the renewable and EV revolution could face major challenges.
Failure of systems awareness and inability to deal with adaptive complexity?
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Irina Slav
Sustainable Minerals Institute UQ
ReplyDeleteAug 18, 2022 1:12:37
The quantity of metal required to make just one generation of renewable tech units to replace fossil fuels, is much larger than first thought. Current mining production of these metals is not even close to meeting demand. Current reported mineral reserves are also not enough in size. Most concerning is copper as one of the flagged shortfalls. Exploration for more at required volumes will be difficult, with this seminar addressing these issues.
https://youtu.be/MBVmnKuBocc
Neither net zero or EV revolution is feasible.