BEING MORE ECO-FRIENDLY WILL EMIT 6 TIMES MORE CO2 FOR LITHIUM. The contradictions in forcing a change acerbomm
Everyone talks about "Green Policies", "Green Deal", "Energy Transition", but at what social and environmental cost will we be able to achieve this transformation, if ever there will be? Because the construction of a generation of electric cars with lithium batteries will not be at zero economic, social and environmental cost.
Rather ! In the transition to a more sustainable low-carbon future, reducing the CO2 intensity of the lithium supply chain is crucial with demand set to skyrocket over the next decade: in fact, one of the most worrying aspects is nature. CO2-intensive of its supply chain, especially from native mineral sources.
Roskil, a consultancy firm specializing in evaluating the costs of exploiting mineral resources, is dealing with this problem. This company has calculated that CO2 emissions from lithium production are expected to triple by 2025 and grow six times by 2030 from current levels.
On this research Roskill has written a scientific document that provides all the data relating to this research, but obviously no social and human damage is taken into account. The Salar De Uyuni, a splendid salt lake in Nlivia, which also has the good fortune, or bad luck, of being one of the largest lithium deposits in the world, sees the exhaustion of fresh water resources, indispensable for local agriculture, and instead used for European “Ecological” cars. In the end who cares about Bolivians, or Chileans who live a similar situation near the Atacama desert (the one known for the giants drawn on the ground). The important thing is that, tomorrow, you can say you are “greener”, you can satisfy the mainstream, and tell you good pawns in the European Green deal game. Whether someone pays for you is indifferent, as it is if your choice is perfectly illogical and the technology of electric mobility is not yet mature. A few more years of research and evolution would be enough to arrive at truly efficient solutions, but they are all ambitious, even if you don't want to spend tens of thousands of euros on an obsolete, inefficient and not even ecological car.
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