On 15 Feb 2023 03:39:57 GMT, Gordon <
Gordon@leaf.net.nz> wrote:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sgOEGKDVvsg
Mark P. Mills
45mins including questions
This is the EV transistion from the point of view of mining for the
materials needed for the great EV transistion.
There are many large issues which will take time at best to solve.
The price of copper will rise way beyond the roof. This will create >inflation.
Someone in New Zealand will profit well from that - there is a huge
amount of copper wiring for data that is being replaced by fibre optic
cabling. In Wellington there is encouragement to move away from the
thick cables that provided TV/Internet/Telephone, most recently
through Vodafone - many will welcome those thick cables being removed
from our streets.
This is thinking about what does the planet need to supply for this EV >transistion and how do we get there, and what will the time be when we get >there.
New mines take on average 16 years to develop so they might start production >close to 2040, not 2030 that the Governments say we will all being EV'd.
A good presentation, thanks. Certainly we need to be looking more
wiodely than the privatised electricity companies are likely to look
for innovative solutions for more local power generation - solar power
is obvious, but more hydro may turn out to be even more important.
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